Passover

Question 1

What is the Seder Meal?

Answer 1

The Passover Seder plate is a special plate containing symbolic foods eaten or displayed at the Passover Seder. The purpose of the Passover Seder plate is to show all the foods that perpetuate and emphasize the ideas of the people of Israel, and are designed to express the uniqueness of the Seder.

Question 2

What does Matzvah represent?

Answer 2

It has no yeast so it doesn’t rise. This shows the speed which they fled Egypt.

Question 3

Roasted egg representation:

Answer 3

New life after the challenges of slavery, symbolic of sacrifice.

Question 4

Parsley representation:

Answer 4

Fresh start after slavery

Question 5

Salt water representation:

Answer 5

Tears of slaves

Question 6

Lamb bone representation

Answer 6

Symbolic of the lamb sacrificed at Passover

Question 7

Charoset symbolism:

Answer 7

Symbolises mortar in bricks made by slaves (mix of spices and fruit).

Question 8

Bitter herbs symbolism:

Answer 8

Bitterness of slavery

Question 9

Wine symbolism:

Answer 9

To celebrate freedom, but also to point to hope for reuniting in Israel to come.

Question 10

Haggadah symbolism:

Answer 10

The story of the journey of Passover- to re-live through generations.

Question 11

Name 4 things about the Passover Meal:

Answer 11

• Game: hide the yeast
• Whole family occasion
• Follows a key pattern- Haggadah
• Hope for the future (ending)