Passover is one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays, and it commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt. With themes of freedom and renewal, celebrate Passover with recipes for your Seder meal, learn how to introduce children to the holiday, and connect with the holiday’s roots.
Passover Recipes
Vegetarian Passover Recipes
Passover has many dietary restrictions that are further complicated for non-meat eaters. Get recipes for a meatless Seder. Continue
Healthy Passover Recipes
As a springtime celebration, try recipes with fresh, seasonal ingredients to lighten up your Seder table. Continue
Sephardic Passover Recipes
Food plays an important, symbolic role. Check out these six recipes for a unique meal. Continue
Lidia Bastianich’s Seder
Lidia celebrated a Passover Seder with Ruth Reichl and the owners of Russ & Daughters in this segment from “Lidia Celebrates America.” Continue
Jewish Holiday Recipes
The high holidays are about tradition so why not start a new one with one of our recipe ideas! Find recipes for several Jewish holidays. Continue
Passover for Kids
Shalom Sesame
It’s Passover, Grover! showcases the Passover story, holiday preparations, and Hebrew words and phrases related to Passover. Continue
Books for Passover
Reading is a great way to introduce children to anything, especially holidays. Get PBS Parents picks for some great reading. Continue
Passover Dessert Recipes
Visit the Kitchen Explorers blog with PBS Parents for a roundup of great Passover dessert ideas you can make with kids. Continue
Matzo Ball Soup
Matzo ball soup is nearly synonymous with Passover Seders, and PBS Parents has a quick version to make cooking go faster. Continue
Learn More About Passover
Preparing for Passover
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly highlight how observant Jews prepare for Passover by getting rid of everything in the house that is chametz, or leavened. Continue
Passover Meal
Jewish cookbook author Joan Nathan explains the meaning behind some of the symbolic foods of the traditional Passover Seder. Continue
Passover Themes
“Why is this night different from all other nights?” Rabbi Sharon Brous, founder of IKAR, a Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles, says Passover is “the centerpiece of the Jewish moral imagination and the Jewish collective memory.” Continue
Passover Haggadah
The earliest known written Haggadah, the story of the Jewish redemption from slavery in Egypt, dates from the mid-10th or 11th century. David Wachtel of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York talks about the significance of Haggadahs through the centuries. Continue