Monthly Archives: March 2010

Passover is among the major Jewish holidays. In Fact, it represents the birth of the Jewish nation, who originally migrated to Egypt as a family/tribe and returned to their homeland as a great nation for thousands of years. Passover is referred to in several names, each representing one of the associated with one of meanings [...]

Passover in Israel is also secular Passover rite based on the festival’s agricultural connotations is practiced in some kibbutzim in Israel. The Passover (Pesah) holiday will be celebrated this year from sundown on Monday, March 29, until Monday, April 5. Passover (Pessach), is celebrated in the spring, beginning on 15 Nisan. Passover is the festival [...]

The grain product the Jews eat during Pesach is called matzah. Matzah is unleavened bread, made simply from flour and water and baked very quickly. This is the bread that the Jews prepared for their flight from Mitzrayim (Egypt). Matzot are baked any time before Pesach. Some have a tradition of baking their own matzot, [...]