{"id":346,"date":"2011-04-19T19:35:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T23:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/phs\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-04-19T19:35:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T23:35:29","slug":"happy-passover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/phs\/2011\/04\/19\/happy-passover\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Passover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted;cursor: hand\">Passover<\/span> 2011 begins at sundown on Monday, April 18 and lasts for seven days in Israel and eight days in the rest of the world.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/f370.mail.yahoo.com\/ya\/download?mid=1%5f2379757%5fAFZVv9EAALXqTazdsQmbRDBQEQY&amp;pid=2&amp;fid=Inbox&amp;inline=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"122\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) commemorates the formative experience of the Jewish people: their transformation from scattered tribes indentured in Egypt to a nation on the road to redemption. As the <span style=\"border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted;background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%;cursor: hand\">Israelites<\/span> hastily prepared for their precipitous flight from Egypt, they had no time to allow their bread to rise. Instead they baked matza, a flat, yeastless cracker of flour and water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">At the last minute, Pharaoh changed his mind and gave chase; God parted the Red Sea, allowing the Israelites to pass through on miraculously dry land while causing the pursuing Egyptians, along with their horses and chariots, to drown in the briny deep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The seder:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><br \/>\nOn the first night of Passover (the first two nights, outside of Israel), a ceremonial meal called a <span style=\"border-bottom: #366388 2px dotted;cursor: hand\">Seder<\/span> \u00a0is held, usually in the company of family and friends. The Seder, replete with symbolism, revolves around bringing the Exodus story to life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The other six days:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><br \/>\nThe Biblical Song of Songs is read during synagogue services on the Saturday that falls during Passover (the second if there is more than one). On the final night of Passover, some recall the splitting of the Red Sea \u2014 which, according to tradition, happened on that day \u2014 by gathering to sing <span style=\"border-bottom: medium none;background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%;cursor: hand\">songs of praise to God<\/span>, with a bowl of water on the table before them. Chabad Jews dedicate a special meal on this day to the Messiah, complete with cups of wine<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passover 2011 begins at sundown on Monday, April 18 and lasts for seven days in Israel and eight days in the rest of the world. \u00a0 \u00a0 Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) commemorates the formative experience of the Jewish people: their transformation from scattered tribes indentured in Egypt to a nation on the road to redemption.  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/phs\/2011\/04\/19\/happy-passover\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,20,37,38,53,90,93,94,105,117,124,187],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pairs","tag-celebrate","tag-celebrations","tag-cultural","tag-holidays","tag-host-families","tag-host-family","tag-jewish-holidays","tag-nanny","tag-passover","tag-vacation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Passover - Janet&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Passover - Janet&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Passover 2011 begins at sundown on Monday, April 18 and lasts for seven days in Israel and eight days in the rest of the world. \u00a0 \u00a0 Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) commemorates the formative experience of the Jewish people: their transformation from scattered tribes indentured in Egypt to a nation on the road to redemption. 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