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The date of Passover, like all our festivals, changes every year. The Jewish calendar has 13 4-week months. So it starts on the same day in the Jewish calendar, but that date is different in the regular calendar each year.
This year it started last night.
This year it started last night.
The first two nights (festival lasts 8 days) are called Seder nights, where we hold a Seder. (Se-like say, der-like at the end of holder)
These are usually family, and often friends. It’s a good deed to invite people, especially if they have nowhere else to go to Seder. They’re good fun, lots of singing to join in, and audience participation (unless you’re orthodox and then I think they’re quite serious).
Before Pesach starts, we get all new food in. We use different plates, cutlery etc. Clean all the cupboards out. Everything has to be brand new, because our ancestors had to have everything new. Some families have a second kitchen that’s not used the rest of the year.
We eat much the same as normal, with a few tweaks. We’re not allowed any bread during Pesach. Because the Jewish people had to leg it, they didn’t have time for the bread to rise. Instead they made hard crispbreads, called matzos (mat-like door mat, zo-like benzo)
You’ve probably seen them
On the first two nights, we have a normal dinner, but there’s also telling the story of our escape. Lots of extra bits of food, cups of wine (oh no), which symbolise stuff like tears (salt water), or cement (looks awful, sounds weird, tastes like heaven https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoset )
As I said, if you have questions feel free to ask. If you think you know the story better, or differently, please enjoy knowing that but don’t feel you need to tell me x
