What are some of your Passover traditions? [Archive]

HadassahSukkot

13th March 2007, 11:24 PM

I like making the matzah, but I also love making the charoset... and I lovvveee LOVE LOVE the Hillel sandwich and could eat that every day of the month - ok.. about once a week. ;)

The last few years my tradition has been attending our corporate seder and a 'instructional' seder to help out - but since I have been dx'd Celiac, I am unsure if I can do that without bringing my own food all the way around. :sigh:
I also usually go to one of my elder's for the first night of Pesach and have a seder meal with them, and usually their daughter and her son attend.

I don't really have any traditions of my own. I try to get off on the shabbatot, but I am not doing so hot on that this year :(

Dvorah27

14th March 2007, 03:59 AM

Since its usually just myself & my hubby, my hubby will come home just before sundown with a baked chicken from the grocery store so I don't have to cook so much. We don't have charoset because I have jaw & neck pain, so I can't eat anything crunchy. (usually charoset has fresh apples & walnuts, so its too crunchy for me.) So, instead I make a cinnamon apple raisin matzah kugel instead. I make it every year & I make a big batch of it so we eat it for breakfast for that whole week instead of cereal. Its got apples, raisins, eggs, matzah, and very finely chopped almonds so its soft enough for me to eat & its a healthy breakfast for us both.

Robskiwarrior

14th March 2007, 04:39 AM

throwing out the leaven...

we set out garbage can out side our door and throw our yeast items into the can and shout out a sin that the leaven can represent...like....no more lying!!!....no more stealing.!!!.....no unforgiveness!!!....ect....

Bet your neighbours love you... ;) lol

"look John, they are at it again!"

Dvorah27

14th March 2007, 06:29 AM

Bet your neighbours love you... ;) lol

"look John, they are at it again!"
She'll have to be sure to mention GOSSIP, then, to convict the neighbors not to gossip about them having a garbage party. LOL

plum

14th March 2007, 10:43 AM

these are fun to read! i live alone, but i'll be attending a seder with some friends in the city and helping out with preparations. being involved and having a group with whom i can celebrate our feasts is one of the best things that's happened to me in the past year.

as for traditions? good question! i don't have any set ones yet! i suppose those come over time, eh?

Ivy

14th March 2007, 11:12 AM

I like making the matzah, but I also love making the charoset... and I lovvveee LOVE LOVE the Hillel sandwich and could eat that every day of the month - ok.. about once a week. ;)

YEAH! :thumbsup: It's yummy yummy yummy. It's almost so good that, why do we need the rest of the food anyway?....almost ;)

Ivy

14th March 2007, 11:13 AM

We don't have charoset because I have jaw & neck pain, so I can't eat anything crunchy. (usually charoset has fresh apples & walnuts, so its too crunchy for me.)

Once of my friends who is sephardic makes her charoset very smooth......I think she must cook the apples, it's almost the texture of apple butter.

HadassahSukkot

14th March 2007, 12:14 PM

When I made my charoset, I sliced the apples and put them into the food processor until it was apple sauce.

The walnuts or pecans (I can't remember which I used last year, sorry) - I ground until it was almost nothing but flour... thereby it was really soft. However, I have a love for horseradish now, so I put enough on the hillel sandwich to give my jaw a slight lock for a second -but otherwise the charoset is softer than the horseradish I got at the store.

Maybe if you try that? :)

Dvorah27

14th March 2007, 05:40 PM

Once of my friends who is sephardic makes her charoset very smooth......I think she must cook the apples, it's almost the texture of apple butter.
ooooo Apple butter is one of my favorite things. Do you think you might be able to get the recipe ?

Hadassah, I don't have a food processor. Its on my list of wants, but as of yet I don't own one.

Tishri1

14th March 2007, 06:42 PM

Bet your neighbours love you... ;) lol

"look John, they are at it again!"oh you wouldnt know the half of it lol....rolf^_^^_^^_^

Tishri1

14th March 2007, 06:43 PM

She'll have to be sure to mention GOSSIP, then, to convict the neighbors not to gossip about them having a garbage party. LOL
^_^:thumbsup: thats right^_^

LadyGarnetRose

14th March 2007, 09:29 PM

I use both boiled and raw apples in my charoset, and some very sticky dried dates.

The best part, seeing my Dad.

Ivy

15th March 2007, 08:33 PM

ooooo Apple butter is one of my favorite things. Do you think you might be able to get the recipe ?

Hadassah, I don't have a food processor. Its on my list of wants, but as of yet I don't own one.

I will e-mail her & ask her, ok? :)

Wags

15th March 2007, 09:21 PM

I use my salad shooter to grate up the apples, and chop up the almonds. Ends up looking more like straw and morter. Add a little bit of honey, a little bit of wine, a little bit of cinimmon, a little more wine.... :) It is also helpful to taste test the wine throughout the process of course. :D

Let see for family tradition - hubby makes all the breakfasts during passover. He makes great matzah brie and matzah meal pancakes, and that gives me a chance to rest from doing the cooking for the seders. He also is the "offical breakfast maker" when we go back east to have passover with his side of the family.

His family also has a tradition of drinking Slivovitz (kosher plum brandy) during the meal break. Stuff smells like diseal, and I can't even get it passed my nose. But one of the grandfathers made a rule many years ago that you were not to say LaChaim unless you were drinking at least 80 proof. :) It is a tradition I don't participate in other than searching for and finding it for hubby for those years we aren't with his family.

Dvorah27

16th March 2007, 12:33 AM

It is also helpful to taste test the wine throughout the process of course.

Oh definitely. Its also nice for when a recipe doesn't turn out quite right cuz you'll be tipsy enough not to care by the time its done. LOL :D

Torah

16th March 2007, 08:03 AM

throwing out the leaven...

we set out garbage can out side our door and throw our yeast items into the can and shout out a sin that the leaven can represent...like....no more lying!!!....no more stealing.!!!.....no unforgiveness!!!....ect....
We flush our yeast/sin down the toilet. Yeast becomes active in the septic tank and helps dissolves soiled mater. It helps clean out the septic tank.
You can run with the spiritual application here.

Torah

16th March 2007, 08:23 AM

Matzo Pizza.
*one Matzo
*Jar of Pizza sauce
*Grated Cheese
Toppings; Anchovy, Vegan pepperoni or sausages, black olives, onion, bell pepper, pineapple, What ever you like.

Spread Pizza sauce on Matzo, add Grated Cheese, then your toppings Microwave at high for 2 or 3 min or until cheese melts. Yum! And kids love it too.

Ivy

16th March 2007, 11:40 AM

I second the motion on the above recipe. ;)

Ivy

16th March 2007, 11:50 AM

His family also has a tradition of drinking Slivovitz (kosher plum brandy) during the meal break. Stuff smells like diseal, and I can't even get it passed my nose. But one of the grandfathers made a rule many years ago that you were not to say LaChaim unless you were drinking at least 80 proof. :) It is a tradition I don't participate in other than searching for and finding it for hubby for those years we aren't with his family.

I think I probably have three or four glass of wine....in the course of a whole YEAR. :D

However, one year........I forgot how quickly it goes to your head on an empty stomach, and I came in to our friends' seder on an empty stomach and very very thirsty, too........and downed a good-sized glass of Manischewitz sweet wine as if it were only grape juice.....and it was amazing how suddenly uplifted I was feeling about the deliverance of the Hebrew children from the hand of Pharoah :D

Wags

16th March 2007, 12:44 PM

I think I probably have three or four glass of wine....in the course of a whole YEAR. :D

However, one year........I forgot how quickly it goes to your head on an empty stomach, and I came in to our friends' seder on an empty stomach and very very thirsty, too........and downed a good-sized glass of Manischewitz sweet wine as if it were only grape juice.....and it was amazing how suddenly uplifted I was feeling about the deliverance of the Hebrew children from the hand of Pharoah :D
Oh can I relate to that. I am not a drinker at all and my family doesn't imbib at all - strictly grape juice for them.

The first time hubby and I were unable to attend a family seder we decided to do our own and invite some friends to experience Passover for the first time. We didn't have regular wine glasses, just water goblets. Let me tell you - 4 of those filled with Manchevitz and I was feeling very "uplifted". Dear friends that they are, they to still this day still remind me of that incident and get a chuckle out of it. :) Believe me I went on a quest for SMALL wine glasses after that. I have some that are in a 6 oz size and then I found a cordial set which hold maybe an ounce and that is what we use now. That way guests can have 4 cups of wine and still be able to drive home safely.

Ivy

16th March 2007, 12:58 PM

We didn't have regular wine glasses, just water goblets. Let me tell you - 4 of those filled with Manchevitz and I was feeling very "uplifted". Dear friends that they are, they to still this day still remind me of that incident and get a chuckle out of it. :) Believe me I went on a quest for SMALL wine glasses after that.

:D ^_^ :D oboy! I can just see that!

I think it's like a "cup" of coffee--how big is a "cup" of coffee?

Dvorah27

16th March 2007, 02:02 PM

You know, as long as I've been doing Passover I have yet to try Matzah pizza. I've heard others mention it, but never have tried it myself. I think I'll make it a point to do that this year.

LadyGarnetRose

16th March 2007, 02:07 PM

Definately going to try that matzo pizza.

The hubby doesn't eat matzo normally he really does not like it...but this he'd probably eat :)

stone

16th March 2007, 02:38 PM

being involved and having a group with whom i can celebrate our feasts is one of the best things that's happened to me in the past year.

A great blessing! :clap:

Wags

16th March 2007, 03:40 PM

Matzah pizza is great - we make it even when it isn't Passover. Matzah lasagne is another favorite.

Torah

16th March 2007, 05:01 PM

Funny story.
Some years back when my youngest daughter was 14 and her sister 16. We had a large group at our Sader. My daughters and some other girls there age were sitting together, when it was time for the first cup of wine one of the adults asked if my girls were allowed to drink wine.[on Friday night I have allowed all my kids to have a 1/4 cup of wine with dinner. I feel that when we make something a “BIG SECRET” kids will have a “BIG CURIOSITY” about wine & other strong drink] I said yes! This adult poured the wine for my girls. At the meal time I notice that my girls were acting a little silly, I ask them how much wine had they drank. They said that Mr. So & So filed the cups to the top [large wine goblets] O-vay ! Grape juice for the rest of the Sader for you two. My youngest is now 20, and my two girls say that was the best Sader we ever had.

stone

16th March 2007, 05:05 PM

Funny story.
Some years back when my youngest daughter was 14 and her and sister 16, we had a large group at our Sader. My daughters and some other girls there age were sitting together, when it was time for the first cup of wine one of the adults asked if my girls were allowed to drink wine.[on Friday night I have allowed all my kids to have a 1/4 cup of wine with dinner. I feel that when we make something a “BIG SECRET” kids will have a “BIG CURIOSITY” about wine & other strong drink] I said yes! This adult poured the wine for my girls. At the meal time I notice that my girls were acting a little silly, I ask them how much wine had they drank. They said that Mr. So & So filed the cups to the top [large wine goblets] O-vay ! Grape juice for the rest of the Sader for you two. My youngest is now 20, and my two girls say that was the best Sader we ever had.

yep, that's a funny story! :thumbsup:

workman

18th March 2007, 02:15 AM

Since I am not Jewish, but do have a love for the roots of our faith and an interest in fulfilled prophesy, I decided to start a new tradition with my family. After all, why celebrate Easter? (What do eggs and bunnies have to do with Jesus?)

So for me, I figured it would be neat to celebrate the Passover sedar with cards I made with the prophesy on one side, and the fulfillment on the other. The cards I made are laminated so they last from year to year. We cover the original Passover story and then explain how Y'shua fulfilled and newly explains the meaning of the emblems we eat.

During the Sedar, I also incorporate video clips from the Visual Bible: Matthew & John and this year want to use one from Nest Entertainment for the kids' sake called "Worthy is the Lamb".

We also use the foods traditional in the Sedar meal.

This has been a really educational experience for my family that I began inviting extended family to participate as well and have even done "Passover/Prophesy" tea parties near Passover time as an educational way of teaching fulfilled prophesy in what God has done. Its a great way to strengthen our faith, in that we don't believe because of feelings or subjective experiences but because of a God who tells the future and then unfolds it before the eyes of men to the letter.

Wow!

I do not celebrate this feast to be considered righteous, as no one is declared righteous by observing the law, but to declare the awesomeness of our righeous God and his sacrificial love to save us when we are so unworthy. The feast is a great way of teaching a bible story that kids and grown ups alike will always remember. As Y'shua says, "Do this in rememberance of me"

God bless you all!: :D

Workman

HadassahSukkot

18th March 2007, 04:36 PM

:thumbsup: Workman :thumbsup:

Ivy

18th March 2007, 07:47 PM

ooooo Apple butter is one of my favorite things. Do you think you might be able to get the recipe ?

Here is my friend's recipe: 3 medjol (arabic) dates to 1 golden delicious apple. (That's the ratio.) She cuts those in pieces, puts in a covered pan and cook on low with 1T of water until they are tender. She adds a handful of crumbled walnuts when done. She says the dates make it sweet enough that you don't need any sugar or wine for sweetener.

It's really delicious, I've been lucky enough to have it quite a few times. :)

Lludmila

18th March 2007, 09:48 PM

we're not jewish but we make a few traditional recipes and read the account in exodus. so that has been kind of fun.
we also went to a messianic seder and it was really cool as well (grape juice). :P

LadyGarnetRose

19th March 2007, 02:58 AM

Grape juice, have to buy grape juice, thank you for reminding me :D

Dvorah27

19th March 2007, 03:34 AM

I'm buying blackberry wine tomorrow night, Manischewitz brand. mmmmmm I love the sweet wines. Hubby will just be drinking grape juice, he's not so much a wine person.

LadyGarnetRose

19th March 2007, 04:53 AM

I have a couple of bottles of Israeli wine that is Kosher for Passover, I needed the Grape Juice because Dad can't have alcohol.

He'll be here for both Seders so I'd like to have grape juice for him.

Wags

19th March 2007, 02:05 PM

Kedem makes a great sparkling blush grape juice for Passover!

Torah

19th March 2007, 02:35 PM

In my opinion. This is a very good place to order your Passover wine by the case or bottle.
http://www.kosherwine.com/ (http://www.kosherwine.com/)

LadyGarnetRose

20th March 2007, 03:49 AM

I got 3 bottles of the Kedem sparkling grape today.

Hubby wanted a taste so we opened it tonight. It is very tasty :) Hope Dad likes it :) :)

Torah

20th March 2007, 06:27 AM

I got 3 bottles of the Kedem sparkling grape today.

Hubby wanted a taste so we opened it tonight. It is very tasty :) Hope Dad likes it :) :)
If I may suggest, Offer regular grape juice just in case someone don’t like the “sparkling grape”. I personally like to add all three, Wine, sparkling grape, and just good old grape juice.
Shalom