Why should Passover be celebrated today?

Answer 1

Passover serves to remind Jews of the time that they were held in slavery in ancient Egypt and how G-d rescued them. While this obviously illustrates the special relationship believed by Jews to exist between them and G-d, it also demonstrates that to try to end slavery must be a good and holy thing to do. As slavery is still very much a part of this world - be it in the form of children forced to perform bonded labour in sweat shops, sex workers smuggled into countries and forced to work in prostitution or any of the myriad forms slavery may take, Passover is every bit as relevant now as it was thousands of years ago. Many Jewish people pass around a tzedakah box during the Passover seder, into which family members and guests place donations which are then given to charities which work to end slavery and help those affected by it - this raises a great deal of cash for these charities each year.