What is traditional Passover meal?

Traditional dishes include matzo ball soup, gefilte fish, beef brisket, chicken and potatoes. Traditional Sephardic (Mediterranean and Spanish) Passover foods reflect a Mediterranean spin on the Passover dinner.

What do you serve for Passover dinner?

The actual Seder meal is also quite variable. Traditions among Ashkenazi Jews generally include gefilte fish (poached fish dumplings), matzo ball soup, brisket or roast chicken, potato kugel (somewhat like a casserole) and tzimmes, a stew of carrots and prunes, sometimes including potatoes or sweet potatoes.

What happens during the Seder meal at Passover?

The Seder meal that accompanies Passover begins the celebration of the first of Three Pilgrimage Feasts. Along with Shavuot and Sukkot, Passover is a feast where, historically, the religious individual made a journey to Jerusalem to celebrate.

What do you need to know about Passover observance?

The highlight of Passover observance takes place on the first two nights, when friends and family gather together for ritual seder meals. Seder means ‘order’ and the ceremonies are arranged in a specific order. Special plates and cutlery are used which are kept exclusively for Passover.

How are the candles lit at the Passover meal?

Like all Shabbat and Jewish holiday meals, the Passover meal is enjoyed in the light of candles, traditionally lit by the women. When Passover eve follows Shabbat, the candles must be lit after night has fallen. The Dinner Meal: What’s on the Menu?

What foods are safe to eat on Passover?

That means no matzo balls, no baked goods made with matzo meal or matzo cake meal, or basically any recipe that involves liquid mixed with a matzo product. It also means that non-gebrokts products or recipes, which are typically made with potato starch or tapioca starch instead of matzo meal, are safe for those who must avoid gluten.