Passover

Just before half term, Horowitz Class learned about Passover by having a Passover meal.  Passover is an important time of the Jewish calendar as Jews remember the time when their ancestors were slaves in Egypt.

The first part of the ceremony is to wash your hands.  It is traditional to do this as it is believed that Jesus washed his disciples' feet before the first ever Passover meal.  Also, washing hands is a sign of respect for God.

The second part of the ceremony involves parsley and salt water.  The parsley would be dipped into the salt water twice to remember the Jews' tears from slavery.

Next, you would take the middle matzo from the pile and break it in half.  The adult would then hide it and the children would have to find it.  We had to find half a matzo that Mrs Adams hid at lunchtime so we had an extra piece!

We would now break the top piece of matzo and then eat it while leaning to the side.  The symbolizes freedom.  Then we would dip our little finger into the wine (we had grape juice!) to show we are not celebrating a sad time.  This is when we started our meal.  We had charoset (apple puree and cinnamon) and some horseradish on a seder plate.  We had all the matzo and we enjoyed it.

"I loved the Passover meal as it gave us a chance to experience different traditions."  SF

"It was really tasty as we had matzos, horse radish and apple puree and cinnamon mixture.  The games were great."  JT

Written by Josh D, Horowitz Class, Year 6.