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Telling the Story
The word comes from the Hebrew word "To say="lehagid"and the most important part is that you have to tell your son about the exodus from Egypt which is the first getting free from bondage."In Israel we have people from 80 countries.The food was according to what grew in a that land. For example:there is a blessing of what the earth gives us. Some eat potato-derivatives, some eat a raddish, some eat a green salad.
"Another symbolic food is "Haroset". I don't know where the name comes from. It has to be brown and like a porridge. It has to look like the mud from which the pyramids were built. It is sweet and tastes wonderful. Just the other day on the Internet there were 8 different recipies according to nationalities.
" Examples:my parents came from Germany-we made it from apples with red wine and cinnamon. Those who came from Mediterranean countries-Egypt,Iraq,Morocco - make it mainly from nuts plus dates and date honey called Silan, plus ginger and cinnamon. There are many variations but things change.In my family we do it now with apples and nuts....
"The Jews from Yemen used to sit on mattrasses on the floor- as they did in every day life.Today this changed in most homes.
"There are many parts in the Haggada which have melodies, these differ not only according to nationalities but from family to family and with marriages the melodies fuse together.
"There are "tricks" to keep the small children awake and interested and here again there are different traditions. Example: the Jews from Iran have a tradition that someone dresses up like in the past, wrapped up in white cloth,like the Israelites when they left Egypt,and so on......
"I tried to give you some examples,but as Pnina wrote-all families sit together - mostly with the extended family - between 10-40 people and read the Haggada or part of it, eat the symbolic foods and have a huge meal."
"If you have any more questions I'll happily answer.
A happy Easter,
Tamar
