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Passover

A week without leavened bread, opened by the Seder, a meal that retells the Exodus through food.

A casual Passover seder table setting. Photo by RadRafe on 24 April 2005.
Photo: User:RadRafe~commonswiki, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Passover

Passover recalls the Exodus from Egypt. For the whole week Jews eat no leavened grain, and matzah, flat unleavened bread, takes its place. The festival opens with the Seder, where the story is told through foods on a plate: bitter herbs for slavery, charoset for the mortar of the bricks, a roasted bone, an egg, greens dipped in salt water. Four cups of wine are drunk. The meal itself varies by community. Ashkenazi tables have matzah ball soup, gefilte fish and brisket. It lasts seven days in Israel and eight elsewhere.

The dishes

MatzahUnleavened bread, eaten all week in place of bread.CharosetFruit and nut paste that stands for the mortar of slavery.Gefilte fishPoached fish patties served as a first course.MacaroonCoconut or almond biscuits made without flour.

Also part of it, and being written: Maror (Bitter herbs, for the bitterness of slavery.), Matzah ball (Dumplings in chicken soup at the Ashkenazi Seder.), Brisket (Slow-braised beef, a usual main course.).

More dishes made for Passover

Borscht 🇺🇦 Ukraine and 5 moreA sour soup of beetroot and vegetables, served hot or cold across Eastern Europe Soup, Lunch, Dinner MarzipanVegetarian 🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreSweet almond paste shaped or used in cakes, especially at Christmas and weddings Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Passover" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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