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Talk to Your Kids About Passover

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Here are some of the rituals that take place in homes around the world during Passover:

The house is cleaned thoroughly before Passover
All traces of prohibited food, called chametz are removed ( any leavened products, including grains, bread, cereal, vinegar and cornstarch).
The last crumbs are brushed into a disposal bag with a feather or 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." This bag is burned.
A final search for chametz is conducted. It is stored in a remote, sealed-off part of the house or stored with a non-Jewish friend to be returned after Passover.
Only unleavened bread called matzo is eaten during Passover. This is a reminder that when the Jews left the slavery of Egypt they had no time to bake their bread. The raw dough that they took with them was baked in the desert sun and formed crackers called matzo.
The oldest male child in the family does not eat on the day before Passover. This custom commemorates the fact that the firstborn Jewish males in Egypt were not killed during the final plague.
No one should work on the first and last days of Passover.
A Passover Seder dinner is held at home on the first night of Passover. The Seder plate contains foods that have special meanings:
- Haroseth: A mixture of walnuts, wine, cinnamon and apples that represents morter that the Jewish slaves used to build the Pharoah's bricks
- Parsley: Symbolizes springtime. It is dipped in salt water to symbolize the tears of the Jewish slaves.
- Egg: Symbolizes springtime
- Shankbone: Symbolizes the ancient sacrificial lamb offering
- Bitter Herbs: Freshly grated horseradish reflects the bitterness of slavery.
Three pieces of matzo are placed in the center of the Seder table in a Matzo Cover (See A Very Special Matzo Cover).
The middle piece of matzo is broken in half and hidden. At the end of the meal the children are excused to hunt for the hidden matzo. The child who finds the matzo (Afikomen) wins a special prize.

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If there are several children at the Seder dinner, the matzo can be broken up so that each child can find a piece and receive a prize.

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