Pesach

• celebrates the isrealites' liberation from slavery in Egypt, led by Moses
• known as passover as God passed over the houses of the israelites during the tenth and final plague - death of the egyptain firstborn
• often called the festival of freedom
• many jews remove all grain products from their house
• pesach is welcomed into the house with the lighting of candles
• a lamb bone - a symbol of sacrifice. On the first Passover, God ordered Jews to kill a lamb and mark their front doorposts with blood
• a roasted egg - a symbol for the new life Jews had after their escape from Egypt and of new life in general
• a green vegetable dipped in salt water - to remember the tears when the Jews were in captivity
• a paste made of chopped apples, walnuts and wine called charoset - representing the mortar the Jewish slaves had to use when building