Passover Foods
What food do we eat the most on Passover
MAZAH
What food(s) are prohibited to eat on Passover
Anything "leavened," which Jews call chametz. What this means, according to the rabbis and tradition, is anything made with wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats that are mixed with water and left to rise for more than 18 minutes
What is the title of the Egyptian ruler in the Passover story
Pharoah
Traditionally who recites the four questions at the Seder?
the youngest child
What body of water did the Israelites cross after they left Mitzraim? (Egypt)
The Red Sea Yam Suph יַם-סוּף
What food is dipped in vinegar or saltwater
Green Vegtable: Celery, parsley, Karpas
According to Jewish Law one may not own Chometz (leaven products during Passover) What is one way to no longer possess Chometz?
Who were Moshe's siblings?
Miriam the Prophetess and Aaaron the Priest
Frogs
Moshe was put in a reed basket in what body of water?
The Nile River
what item on the seder plate represents the mortar that the Israelites were said to have used to build things for the Egyptians
Charoset
How many days is Passover?
8 days outside of Israel and 7 in Israel
Who raised Moshe?
Bat Pharoh the daughter of Pharoh
What does Dayenu mean in hebrew
"it would have been enough"
Where did Moshe lead (but not enter) the Israelites during their 40-year trek in the Midbar (the desert)
The Land of Milk and Honey, Cannan, Later it was known as Israel
What do you call the half of the middle Matzah
Afikoman the dessert
How many Sederim are held in the diaspora/chutz l'aretz (outside of Israel)
How many Sederim are held in Israel
2 diaspora/chutz l'aretz (outside of Israel)
1 in Israel
If you are an Israeli living outside of Israel you still hold only 1 Seder
Why did the Israelites wear their sandles and eat the Pascal Lamb standing?
They needed to be ready to flee Egypt
And the women dancing with their ----- followed Miriam as she sang her song.....
Timberals
What is the longest part of the Seder?
Magid: telling the story
How many cups of wine/grape juice do we drink at the Passover Seder.
4 and one for Elijah the prophet
How do you light the Passover candles if Erev Passover falls on a Saturday (keep in mind that Jewish Law forbids the kindling of candles once Shabbat has begun?
Candles need to be lit from an existing flame, a 24 hr candle
How many plagues were there in the Passover story?
10 is the standard we go by however in Psalms 78:49 "He sent upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and fury, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil." this section is 4 plagues. In another account 5 plagues. The Rabbis of the Talmud argues that there were 10 plagues in Egypt, 40 at the sea, and the debate goes on to a final count of 50 and 250 plagues
Go down ------- way down in Egypt Land, let my people go
Moses
This Item might be hard to find at your local supermarket, a vegetarian seder doesn't use this but would use an avocado...
Zeroa is a lamb’s shank bone. This is the only element of meat present on the Seder plate.