Passover

Agave is just a green vegetable, so its refined juice is in the same category as maple syrup. Entirely acceptable.

It should be labeled as having had rabbinic supervision for Passover use.

There is a debate about quinoa, which until recently was not known outside of the Americas. Initially it was considered fine for Passover because it's not one of the forbidden grains (wheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt). However, there are some who say it isn't allowed for Ashkenazim because of how it may be processed. It's often grown with barley or processed in its proximity.

Ashkenazim (Jews of European-descent) stay away from foods that can become confused with grains, such as rice or legumes, or that become mixed with grains. This could include quinoa.

Sephardi (Eastern) Jews usually eat the above foods, so if you're Sephardi, quinoa is okay.

However, even for Ashkenazim, since quinoa is species-related to vegetables (such as spinach and beets), not to rice or any legume, and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein determined that there is no Torah-basis to extend the legume-stringency to new foods, some major Kashrut organizations have now certified quinoa for Passover use by all Jews. These include the OU, the Chicago Rabbinical Council and the Star-K.

For Passover use, quinoa should be bought only with a kosher-for-Passover certified label. Those who wish to be stringent may consult their own Rabbi before relying on the recent ruling.

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Perhaps you are thinking of the "scape goat"-- in the Hebrew Bible, we are told of a command concerning Yom Kippur (not Passover), when a goat was sent into the wilderness; it was part of a ritual where the sins of the community were symbolically transferred by the High Priest onto the goat (Leviticus ch.16), taking the community's sins away. It should be noted that goats are generally not eaten at the Passover meal, since the story did not include eating the goat. Rather, lamb is much more common, as are other kinds of kosher animals such as chickens.

Or perhaps you are thinking of the sacrificial lamb. According to the Passover story in the Hebrew Bible, God sent ten plagues to the Pharaoh to persuade him to let the Israelites go (Exodus ch.7-12); but the Pharaoh refused, at which point, God decided to smite the first-born male children of the Egyptians. God commanded the Israelites to mark their homes with the blood of a sacrificial lamb, so that the angel of death would "pass over" their homes and spare them from death (Exodus ch.12). (Christians believe the sacrificial lamb refers to Jesus. Jews do not share that interpretation.)

Legumes are kosher for Pesach, however, they belong to a group of foods called kitniyot. Legumes fall under this category as they have a similar texture to chametz. The ban on kitniyot applies only to Ashkenazi Jews.

The Hebrew people sprayed blood on the door of their houses in Egypt, and the angel passed by these houses. and the first born escaped. But the egyptians did not have it on their doors so their first born was slain.

Mashed potatoes needs no special ingredients for Passover although they will need to be prepared in a Passover bowl with Passover utensils and without the addition of baking powder. Simply boil and mash the potatoes with milk and butter if having a milk meal or use dairy free margarine and no milk for a meat meal.

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No. Almost all Bourbons include one of the grains prohibited on Passover. In principal, pure corn bourbon would be permitted for use by Sephardim but Ashkenazim would not be allowed because corn is considered kitniyot and the Ashjenazi custom is to not consume kitniyot.

A YouTube video I found (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy1kq2-o72c) has it as the A hand (of your dominant hand) knocking at the elbow of the non-dominant arm, the hand of which points upwards. (The non-dominant hand is an S in this, but I'm unsure if it is necessary). Hope this helps.

eat and break bread .... well, not exactly bread. This is the "matzoh" holiday - unleavened bread (a lot like a cracker). Traditionally we do not eat bread, or anything leavened, for the entire 8 days of passover.

To the best of my knowledge equal is not real sugar. If that is the case, it needs specific certification for passover, which it probably doesn't have.

During the reading of the Haggadah (the story of the exodus from Egypt), we eat a number of symbolic foods. We dip a couple items into salt water, the salt water represents the tears of slavery.

Due to the prohibition against unleavened bread, raw flour cannot be used during Passover. In order to be used for Passover, dough has to be thoroughly cooked within 18 minutes of the flour being mixed with water. When pasta is made, water is mixed with flour and the formed pasta is left to dry without being cooked and therefore is not allowed.

There are kosher for Passover pastas that are made with potato starch/flour.

There are two options for Passover, you can cook food for your pets or you can purchase kosher for Passover pet food.

Please see the related link for a list of approved pet foods.

Jesus said except you eat my flesh, represents reading His word, only His people who believe and know Him will do this in remembrance of Him

Food historians are of the opinion that leavened bread originated in Egypt, probably less than a millennium before the pyramids were built. Egyptian culture was the first to produce leavened bread, and leavened bread was a symbol of Egyptian culture. This did not mean that unleavened bread disappeared from the Egyptian diet (when Jews - or others - said, "On all nights we eat leavened and unleavened bread," they meant what they said), but leavened bread was preferred. The recognition that leavened bread first emerged in Egypt is essential for understanding the place of bread - leavened and unleavened - on Pesach, as is our understanding that leavened bread did not displace unleavened bread from the diet. The hurried departure of the Israelites from Egypt, described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, prevented their bread being leavened as usual; the Jews today commemorate this event by eating unleavened bread on special occasions

One could anchor a farewell party by having friends/family, balloons, party favors, games, wine, and food. It would be great to have a huge social gathering.

It's called the Torah (which means "to teach"). In the most narrow sense, it means the first five books of most bibles (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). In a wider sense it is the written and the oral law together (Hebrew Bible, Mishna, Talmud, and Rabbinic commentaries.

Actually, Passover was established as a 7 day festival. In fact, Passover is still celebrated as a 7 day festival in the land of Israel. However, in the Diaspora, the festival is 8 days. The reason for this is that when the new moon was originally sanctified in Jerusalem, the messengers couldn't get to the Jews living in the diaspora in time in order to let them know when the festival was to begin. As such, Jews in the diaspora kept an extra day because of the doubt. Now, even though there is a fixed calendar, this tradition continues and the festival is 7 days in Israel and 8 days in the diaspora. The first day of Passover (first two in the diaspora) is considered a holy day (Yom Tov). On the first day the Jews left Egypt. The seventh day (and the 8th day in the diaspora) is also considered a holy day. On the seventh day the miracle of splitting the sea occurred. The days in between are the intermediate days of the festival.

My cousin serves them, but I don't see them at all seders. It's permitted but no obligation.

Reguar dates, the fruit, might be a problom because of the glaze that is put on. (I know what your thinking, so don't try to remove the glaze! You will survive, don't worry!)

Jews eat the Passover meal to commemorate what happen to them a long time ago. In the Bible, it explains that the Jews were taken out of Egypt, in a hurry. Their bread did not have a chance to leaven, and so they ate what they call "matzoh" Now Jews have a meal with "matzoh" in it, to commemorate it.

it depends. half of Passover consists of religious days on which they cannot. The other half they can do what ever they want except they are not supposed to do work.