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Passover or Pesach is steeped in traditions so ancient (and modern: see The Ten Commandments) that even Christians and Muslims are familiar with the holiday that centers around Jewish families happily gathering at the dinner table for the annual Seder meal.

During the Seder, Jews tell the story of the Exodus and relive the joy felt by ancient ancestors who were eventually led by Moses out of ancient Egypt...to freedom. Today, Passover celebrates not only a specific historical event, but the idea of freedom itself.

Find out more about the most widely observed custom on the Jewish calendar - and what makes this night different from all other nights - with recipes, songs, video clips, e-cards and kids' resources, plus how Passover is celebrated around the world at sunset on Saturday April 19, continuing for seven days until April 26, 2008 ....

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Jacob Richman's Hot Sites - Passover - One-stop browsing in a huge, reliable link list to the holiday by category including Passover story articles, recipes, art, history, e-cards, clip art, online haggadah exhibits, audio and midi files, along with an international guide to sites in Hebrew, Portugese, Russian, German, French and several other languages.

Passover - Pesach - Excellent, overall guide to the holiday including history and traditions, a Passover calendar, preparations, recipes, kids resources and coloring pages, audio files, instructional video clips on matzo and wine making, or find a seder anywhere in the world with the International Seder Directory.

Kosher for Passover - Star K Guide - The comprehensive guide to what is and what is not kosher for Passover including general guidelines and a list of food, drink and consumer products,

Kashrut.com - Recipes - Kosher for Passover favorites from chicken soup, gefilte fish and challah, to more than a dozen choices for the main chicken or turkey feast; and featuring traditional side dishes including latkes, kugel and kishke, dairy dishes and desserts, and a great cache of related links.

Kosher Cooking - Passover Recipes - A growing collection of dishes by contributors covers breakfast, meat and poultry, side dishes and desserts, with related links to more.

Passover Free Greeting Cards - A nice collection of animated and non-animated e-cards for the holiday.

Free Jewish Passover Clip Art - Still and animated Web clip art for the holiday, including the seder plate, wine, matzah, Happy Passover greeting and more.

Virtual Seder Plate - Click on any section for an interactive presentation on Maror (bitter herbs), Karpas (vegetable), Chazeret (bitter vegetable), Charoset (apple, nut, spice and wine mixture), Zeroa (shankbone) and Beitzah (egg).

Judaism 101 : Pesach: Passover - The complete overall guide with a brief history, the symbolic meaning of the seder meal with associated prayers and psalms, audio files, key terms, information about the haggadah, a recipe for Charoset and links to more holidays on the Jewish calendar.

Passover - Torah.org's deep background on the traditional Seder, together with Q&A on why is this night different?, kid tips, recipes, and a small collection of Passover greeting cards.

Passover 2008 Around the World

PlanetJewish.com Jewish Calendar