Don't Eat The Brown Matzah

Before Passover, we remove all the chametz from our house. You can burn it, nullify it, or sell it. But don't eat it.

Door Post Haste

Passover celebrates the Israelites' Exodus from Egypt. God told Moses to order the Israelites to mark their doorpost with the blood of a lamb so the Angel of Death would "pass over" their homes and not slay the first born (the tenth plague).

Korban Pesach (the Paschal Lamb) is the sacrifice that God commanded the Children of Israel to offer during the night before the Exodus from Egypt.

Constipesach

Matzah is the unleavened "Bread of Affliction" that we eat during Passover.

Originally titled "Flour Power", thanks for "Constipesach", Meryl!

Chametza-metz

Biur chametz is the mitzvah of cleaning your house of all chometz, including bread, grain products and other non-OUP items, before Passover. It is customary to spend many days cleaning every nook and cranny of your home, to ensure that there is no trace of chametz left behind. Any chametz that is found must be sold or burned. Or you could donate your chametz, but that isn't nearly as fun.

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Plight

The Passover seder is a ritual banquet that is supposed to remind us of the plight of our ancestors. We eat specific foods that are symbolic of our flight from bondage in Egypt.

Admittedly, I always feel happy, full, and drunk after the seder, which is probably closer to how the Pharoah and his peeps felt ... That is, before they were hit by the Ten Plagues.

Ashkephardic

Ashkenazic Jews are the Jews of France, Germany, and Eastern Europe. Sephardic Jews are the Jews of Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Middle East.

Sephardic Jews may eat rice, corn, peanuts and beans during Pesach, while Ashkenazic Jews avoid them.

The Fourth Question

Why do we recline? One of the Four Questions asked during Maggid.

It is a mitzvah to recline (to the left side) at the seder, to show a relaxed feeling of freedom and royalty.

Seder: Lit. order. 1) The family home ritual conducted as part of the Passover observance.

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Bread Count

Chametz: Leavened grain products, which may not be owned or consumed during Pesach. Chametz includes anything made from the five major grains (wheat, rye, barley, oats and spelt) that has not been completely cooked within 18 minutes after coming into contact with water.