This year, Passover begins April 15 and ends April 23. Learn all about it with these free TCCL resources!

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What is Passover?

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is one of the most important of Jewish holidays. It commemorates the escape of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt and God’s mercy in sparing the lives of the Israelite children. To avoid the divine punishment visited on the Egyptians that each firstborn son would be killed, the Israelites were told to slaughter a lamb and mark their doors with blood so that death would “pass over.” They were to roast and eat the lamb with bread and bitter herbs. The central event of the modern Passover is a ritual meal called the seder, which accompanies the telling of the story of this deliverance.

From Food, Feasts, and Faith: An Encyclopedia of Food Culture in World Religions (Vol. 2) from Gale eBooks. Click the title linked, then log in with your last name and TCCL card number to read more.

Help your family and young ones learn more about Passover with these digital items from Hoopla and these items from our catalog.

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Like most largescale holidays or cultural celebrations, food plays a huge role. We collected the Passover recipes freely available in our AtoZ World Food database here. Visit www.tulsalibrary.org/databases to find AtoZ World Food and log in with your last name and TCC card number. Search the dish name to find the recipe.

  • 1Blintzes: Often served during Passover, blintzes are a popular Israeli food. Blintzes can be savory, like this version, or sweet, filled with jam or custards. Because blintzes have a similar preparation method to a French crepe, it is best to use a crepe pan, although a 9-inch (23-cm) cast iron skillet can also be used. 
  • Brisket: Brisket is usually a tough cut of meat that is often marinated and slow-cooked to tenderize it. This recipe is spicy and made for special occasions like Rosh Hashanah or Passover dinner. With the pomegranate juice and licorice root, both of which grow in Israel, this is an impressive traditional meal.
  • Charoset: This sweet paste of nuts, wine, and fruit is traditionally found on the Seder plate—a ceremonial collection of foods served during the first two nights of the Jewish Passover festival. A paste of fruit, nuts, and wine, this simple spread is often served with matzah or toasted pita bread.
  • 2Charoseth: This dish of apples, nuts, and wine is part of the ceremonial Passover Seder plate. The ingredients are meant to symbolize the water and clay used by the Israelites to make the bricks for their new homes. 
  • Matzo: Matzo, matzah or matza, is a thin and crisp unleavened flatbread. The Jewish Passover dinner called Seder celebrates the Exodus, the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The Seder is a deeply symbolic meal that includes numerous rituals and special foods. Matzo, for example, represents the unleavened bread the Jews ate while fleeing from the Egyptian army.
  • Pastel: This spicy beef pie made with puff pastry has Sephardic and Moroccan roots. For Passover, crumbled matzo or farfel is used instead. This pie is spiced with cinnamon, dill, and parsley, and will feed the whole family. Some recipes add cilantro or cayenne.
  • 3Salmon with Pink Peppercorns: This is a traditional Passover seder dish, as it makes a healthy, springtime alternative to heavy meat dishes. Also served cold the next day, salmon is a popular breakfast sandwich and crepe ingredient. Pomegranate juice, commonly sold on the street across the Middle East, adds flavor and color to this recipe. 
  • Tzimmes: A sweetened vegetable side dish, tzimmes or tsimmes, is commonly served beside the meat main at Chanukah and Passover feasts. This recipe is from the Ashkenazi tradition, and can be varied to include dried fruits, different vegetables, or even chunks of lamb or beef. 

Hungry for more? Check out these digital cookbooks in our collection:

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Busque “Pascua Judía” ("Passover") en cualquiera de los recursos a continuación para encontrar recetas, notas en periódicos, libros electrónicos, artículos digitales y demás.
- AtoZ World Food
- eLibrary
- Gale eBooks

Encuentra estos recursos en www.tulsalibrary.org/databases. ¡Selecciona el recurso que quieras utilizar, ingresa con tu apellido y el número de tu tarjeta de la biblioteca para comenzar tu búsqueda!

NOTA: muchos de los recursos tienen la opción para cambiar el idioma al español, pero el contenido de algunos de estos recursos quizás se ofrezca sólo en inglés.

Recorra libros sobre la Pascua Judía para todas las edades aquí:

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