What practices and customs are associated with the celebration of passover in Jewish homes today?

Answer 1

Passover is celebrated in Jewish homes today by observing the Passover Seder which is a celebration that takes place in the Jewish home and includes the retelling of the Passover story and a special dinner of kosher foods. Other customs associated with this time are the spring cleaning of ones home in anticipation of Passover and also a ritual of removing unleavened goods or agents from the home.

Answer:

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 oldcontinuoustradition 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.
During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cereal and pasta are forbidden. Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day.
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. Either horseradish or romaine lettuce is 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 vegetable into salt water (which represents tears) recalls the pain felt by the Jewish 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.

Answer 2

Pesach (Passover) is celebrated with the observance of the Torah-commands: to refrain from work on the appropriate days, to avoid leavened products including bread, to eat matzohs, and conduct the Seder (the meal in which the Exodus is recounted). This can be done privately or communally.

Answer 3

Passover begins with a Seder meal -- that is a special meal that includes a rather long liturgy. The liturgy typically lasts about an hour before you begin eating, and adds another hour after the meal. The liturgy includes a retelling of the story of the Exodus, commentaries on the story, prayers, blessings psalms and other songs. After the Seder, Passover lasts for a week. Throughout the festival, Jews are forbidden to eat or even own leavened bread or grain products which have been exposed to water for long enough to begin to rise. So, throughout Passover, Jews should not eat bread or drink beer.