Kim and Leigh discuss another Spring celebration. This time a religious holiday that commemorates the beginning of a new nation. We hope you join us as we share what we learned about Passover.
Passover
The spring solstice brings us another festive holiday with deep cultural significance – Passover, a Jewish holiday that commemorates the birth a new nation with the Exodus of Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Like other Spring holidays of Nowruz and Easter, Passover is celebrated at the family table as a “place where we share our story as a people, and these foods help us to do this. We speak and listen, and we’re nourished body and soul.”
Passover Foods and Symbolism
As We Eat revisits childhood memories with stories about the Seder dinner and the significance of the six items placed on the Seder Plate that symbolically represent the heritage of the Jewish faithful: Zeroa, Beitzah, Morar, Charoset, Karpas, Chazeret and the three Matzot (and the four cups of wine!)
The symbolic foods on the Seder plate represent the panoply of the Jewish experience in Passover – bitterness, sorrow, resolve, and joy – and we explore the diverse ways in which Passover and Seder become a living tradition and not an isolated memorial.
New Passover Traditions
Leigh and Kim also discuss new additions to the Seder table: Miriam’s Cup that joins Elijah’s to honor the women often overlooked in history and the orange that represents the “fruitfulness of the people” when women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community are embraced.
Maxwell House’s Haggadah
We conclude with an interesting story about Maxwell House and how it worked with the Jewish community to revive its flagging sales during Passover by offering free copies of the Haggadah that tells the Passover story along with each can of coffee sold.
Did you learn something new about this holiday? Did it bring up any memories? Share with us.
Coming up we’ll turn their attention to nature’s perfect package, the glorious egg.
Passover Transcript
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Sources We Found Helpful for this Episode
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Recipes You Really Need to Try
Charoset – West of the Loop
Charoset – OMG! Yummy
Hillel Sandwich – Rebekah Lowin
Chocolate Covered Matzo – OMG! Yummy
Braised Brisket – West of the Loop
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