The Jewish festival of Passover celebrates the Exodus story from the Bible, where God allowed his people, the Israelites, to escape from slavery in Egypt. This important festival usually lasts for seven or eight days and remembers the time when God Passed Over all the Jewish Houses and left his people safe whilst inflicting the tenth and final plague on the unfortunate Egyptians. This joyous, family orientated, traditional, faith filled festival also called Pesach is one of the main celebrations of the Jewish year. Passover is celebrated on the fifteenth day of Nisan, which is the first month of spring. An integral part of the Passover celebrations is for families to sit and eat traditional foods together served from Seder Plates,
There are certain foods, known as chametz, that Jewish families are not allowed to eat during the Passover celebrations, and these are anything made from grain, so nothing that contains oats, barley, spelt, rye or wheat. Families have to make sure their homes are free from any food item that might be contaminated with grain, so spend time thoroughly cleaning out their cupboards. No bread, biscuits or cakes containing any of these specific ingredients are allowed!
This year the Jewish Passover festival will last for the traditional eight days and takes place from sunset on the fifth April until Nightfall on the thirteenth April 2023.
