Celebrate Passover
Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, commemorates the Jews' exodus from Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. It ranks as one of the most important and beloved of all Jewish holidays, and it's definitely the one with the most elaborate domestic rituals. Passover begins on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and lasts for seven or eight days (see Tips).
Instructions
1. Clean your house thoroughly before Passover begins.
2. Remove all traces of prohibited food, called chametz (any leavened products, including grains, bread, cereal, vinegar, cornstarch and alcohol).
3. Brush the last crumbs into a disposal bag with a feather or a palm branch, saying, "All leaven I have not seen or removed or that I don't know about is hereby null and void and ownerless as the dust of the earth." Then burn the chametz.
4. Conduct a final search for chametz and store it in a remote, sealed-off part of the house. "Sell" the chametz to a non-Jewish friend to be redeemed after Passover.
5. Fast on the day before Passover if you are the firstborn male in your family. This custom commemorates the fact that the firstborn Jewish males in Egypt were not killed during the final plague.
6. Eat no chametz at any time during the seven or eight days of Passover. (See "Keep Kosher for Passover," under Related eHows.)
7. Refrain from all work on the first and last days of Passover. You may work on the intermediate days, which are called Chol Ha-Mo'ed.
8. Hold a Seder on the first night of Passover, or attend someone else's. (See "Conduct a Passover Seder," under Related eHows.)
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