What is the importance of Passover?

Answer 1

It commemorates the Israelites' escape from slavery. Passover demonstrated that God can and will "interfere" in the events of this world, with great miracles when He so desires.

Passover is one of the major underpinnings of Judaism, as a large number of mitzvot (commands) are related to it or commemorate it.

Answer 2

Passover is when Jews commemorate how HaShem brought us out of slavery in Egypt. It marks the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, which made the Jewish people into a nation. It is one of the most important holidays of the Jewish year as Jews are commanded by HaShem to remember the story of the Exodus each year.

Answer 3

Passover is a holiday in which the Jews commemorate their freedom from slavery in the land of Egypt. It is important because the Jewish people are commanded to remember that they were once slaves, and to work for the freedom of all people.

Answer 4

Pesach (Passover) is important to us since in it we relive the Exodus from Egypt and our birth as a nation, both of which were preparations for receiving the Torah from God.
The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of great importance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuoustradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient Oral Traditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim).
The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, observe in common. During the Seder, we keep the essential mitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the next generation, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony of reading the Passover Haggadah* which retells the events of the Exodus.

During the Seder meal, other traditional foods are eaten in addition to the matzah: bitter herbs, parsley, wine and haroset (see below). Salt water, a roasted egg, and a bit of roasted meat are also on the table. The four cups of wine (or Grape Juice) symbolize the four synonyms of redemption in Exodus 6.
During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cereal and pasta are forbidden. This is a command in commemoration of the Exodus, when the Israelites were in a hurry to leave Egypt and did not spend time waiting for their dough to leaven (to rise). Exodus ch.12.

Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day of Passover.

Here is the symbolism of the items on the Seder plate:

• The bitter herbs (maror) symbolize the harsh slavery which the Israelites suffered in Egypt. Horseradish and/or romaine lettuce are traditionally used for maror.
  
• Charoset - A sweet mixture representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt. In Ashkenazi Jewish homes, charoset is traditionally made from chopped nuts, grated apples, cinnamon, and sweet red wine.
  
• Karpas - A vegetable other than bitter herbs, traditionally parsley, which is dipped into salt water at the beginning of the Seder. The dipping of a simple herb into salt water (which represents tears) recalls the pain felt by the Israelite slaves in Egypt.
  
• Beitzah - A hard-boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night. Although both the Pesach sacrifice and the chagigah were meat-offerings, the chagigah is commemorated by an egg, a symbol of mourning.
  
• Z'roa - A roasted lamb or goat shank-bone, chicken wing, or chicken neck; symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), which was a lamb that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.
  

*See also the Related Links.

Link: What is the Passover Haggadah?

Link: How is the Seder celebrated?

Link: What is the importance of the Israelite Exodus?