Passover primer
Tomorrow I start cooking for 15 guests who will assemble at my house on Sat. night for Passover, or Pesach as we say it in Hebrew. During this springtime holiday, we recite a part of our history in a sometimes creative, sometimes raucous, way; done every year from generation to generation, it is our recounting of the events leading up to and including the Jew's exodus from Egypt. "We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt," the answer to the Four Questions ("why is this night different from all other... Sign in to see full entry.