Passover

Lamb forms a part of the Passover seder meal which includes a roasted lamb shank bone called z'roa - chicken wings are also sometimes used, and vegetarians often use a beetroot instead. It serves as a reminder of the sacrifices that were offered in ancient times in the Second Temple in Jerusalem, when a lamb would be slaughtered, roasted and then eaten as part of the holiday. In modern times a tradition has arisen among Ashkenazi Jews that the bone should be neither eaten nor handled during the meal so that it remains as a reminder (Passover is, like most holidays, all about remembering events in the past). Many Sephardi Jewish families have adopted the same tradition.

That depends on which year you're asking about.

Type your answer here... I'm pretty sure that in Christian art Jesus Christ is symbolized by a lamb because Jesus sacaficed himself on the cross and in the bible lambs were used as a sacafice when asking for forgiveness for your sins

Passover is a Jewish holiday.

Mass is a Catholic religious service.

They are not related in any way.

The importance to the Israeli's on passover is that the Jews came out of Egypt from slavery.

For most, if not all of May, the Jews count the Omer, which is a seven week period which starts on the second day of Passover and continues until Shavuot. There are a number of activities which are prohibited during the Omer period (which may remind Christians of Lent, but are more invasive), such as getting haircuts, holding weddings, and dancing. This is in painful commemoration for the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva who died during this period nearly 2000 years ago.

There are two full-on holidays in May, depending on how the Jewish and Gregorian calendars align. In every May, there is the holiday of Lag B'Omer, literally the 33rd Day of the Omer. This day marks the anniversary of death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a Mishnaic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the 2nd century, He specifically requested that his life be remembered happily. On this day the mourning prohibitions of the Omer are lifted. If Passover falls early, such as will happen in 2015, the holiday of Shavuot, signalling the end of the Omer and the celebration of receiving the Torah, will happen towards the end of May. However, Shavuot can fall instead in the beginning of June if Passover comes late, such as will happen in 2016.

In Israel, Israeli Independence Day and Israeli Memorial Day are celebrated/commemorated in late April or early May depending on the year, but these are celebrations/commemorations made by Liberal Jews and generally ignored by Religious Jews.

No, because it is made with flour.

The Torah (Exodus ch.12) specifies matzoh, bitter hers and the meat of the pesach-sacrifice. Other foods are not mentioned, but wine, vegetables and fruits were probably on the menu.

Passover is meant to make us remember that we were spared from the tenth plague in Egypt, the death of the first-born sons. The angel of death "passed over" the houses that were marked with the blood of the lamb, and we use Pesach to remind us to thank God for his mercy.

The Seder meal is held on the evening of the 15th of Nisan, which occurs during April.

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 continuous tradition 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.

How could we live without it!?! cheeses and all foods must have a seal that marks them Kosher for passover, but yes, we can eat cheese. Why you would want to, doubled with the effects of the dry matzo, I don't know.

It is referred to as Chag HaMatzos - The holiday of unleavedned bread. Also it is referred to as being in the spring, which is also very important for the Jewish calendar.

This was done during the first celebration of Passover in Egypt to keep out the Angel of Death from their households. It was not done ever again.

The first day of passover in 1922 was Thursday April 13

during "lail hasheder" which is the first night of pesach (passover) it is common practice to fill up a large, usually silver, for Elijah the prophit who is said to visit every house hold during that night and take a sip from his cup. one also opens the door for him. beyond being a weird custom it is simbolic of the open door attitude meaning all who are in need are welcome to join those who have and it is considered a great deed to host a needing person at such times.

The protagonists are: God, who took the Israelites out of Egypt, and Moshe (Moses), who led the Israelites at God's command.

Those who celebrate the event are: all Jews in every generation, as commanded by the Torah (Exodus ch.12)

The venue: special prayers in the synagogues, conducting the Seder meal in each Jewish home to recount the Exodus, and not doing the forbidden forms of work on the relevant festival days.

In Israel it lasts seven days, and in the diaspora (out of Israel) it lasts eight days.

If you were able to find corn vinegar that is certified kosher for Passover, it would be kitniyot which means that the majority of Ashkenazi Jews would not use it.

It depends. If you are of Sephardic or Mizrahi extraction then yes, they are. If, however, you are Ashkenazi, then traditionally no, they're not. This is because they fall into the category of kitniyot, small things - peas and beans from which it is possible to make flour that could become confused with flour made from the Five Grains. If a Jewish person eats any food in which any of these grains has come into contact with water for more than eighteen minutes during manufacture, the food becomes chametz and he or she risks karet - being spiritually cut off from G-d, one of the harshest punishments in the Jewish tradition and consciousness.

However, the ban on kitniyot is a rabbinic tradition aimed at helping people avoid accidentally condemning themselves to karet - it does not have a religious reason and is not included in the Torah. For that reason, many Ashkenazi Jews - especially those who stick to a vegetarian or vegan diet, as I do, for whom legumes are an important source of protein and a major part of what they eat - do now eat kitniyot during Passover, though we take very great care to ensure we are not eating chametz.

Passover refers to the final plague sent by HaShem to the Egyptians to convince the Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery - killing of the first born Egyptian males. The Exodus refers to the Israelites leaving Egypt for the promised land after the Pharaoh agreed to let them leave.

By bringing the Ten Plagues upon the Egyptians (Exodus ch.7-12) and bringing the Israelites out from Egyptian slavery, God demonstrated that He would alter the course of history for their benefit. See Deuteronomy 4:32-34.