PASSOVER
The holiday of Pesach, or Passover, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of Nissan 14-22. The Jewish calendar date begins at sundown on the 14th and concludes at nightfall of the 22nd.
Passover starts the evening of the first day. The first two days and The final two days of Passover are are full Holidays with no work allowed. The middle four days are Chol Hamoed, when restricted work is allowed.
This holiday is also called Pesach in Hebrew and it is one of the most important and most celebrated Jewish holidays. It is celebrated for seven or eight days depending on the calendar and the country it is celebrated in (seven days in Israel). It a day to remind all Hebrews about the time when their ancestors were released from slavery in Egypt (Exodus from the Bible). The story is shared on the first and the second evening after the Passover Seder service.
There are seven dinner items called Symbols of the Seder Plate. Vegetables (representing the tears of their ancestors), lamb’s shank bone (representing the plague that killed all the first-borns in Egypt), boiled egg (as representing fertility), Charoset or Haroset (apples, wine and nuts representing the material Hebrews used when building structures in Egypt), bitter herbs (representing the bitterness of the slavery) and orange (optional: representing the marginalized groups in their society). Those observing must follow a Kosher diet (no barley, oats, corn, legumes and ect.)