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Passover (Pesach)

How does this day look in different homes?

Exodus memory kept as a home ritual — the seder night built around the Haggadah, the most illustrated Jewish book.

Reviewed 2026-07-30

Passover turns the Exodus from Egypt into a home ritual: the seder, ordered around the Haggadah — the most illustrated book in Jewish history, with the first printed illustrated Haggadah produced in Prague in 1526. One calendar, many tables: Sephardi homes sing Ladino counting songs such as "¿Quién supiense?", Arabic-speaking communities read Judeo-Arabic Haggadot, and each community seasons the same story with its own melodies, foods, and customs.

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Where does this tradition live?

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VARIATIONS · ONE TRADITION, MANY HANDS

One tradition, many hands.

These are documented variations — not "authentic" vs. "adapted"; each belongs to its community.

Moroccan — Mimouna finale

Moroccan Jews end the festival with Mimouna (see the Mimouna record): open doors, mufleta pancakes with honey, and a dairy table the night Passover closes.

Ethiopian (Beta Israel)

Beta Israel seders read the Haggadah with the community’s own melodies, carried from the Ethiopian highlands into Israel.

Yemenite

Yemenite seders chant the Haggadah in the Baladi melodic tradition preserved in the diwan culture.

Karaite

Karaite seders differ from rabbinic practice, following the Karaite calendar and liturgy rather than the rabbinic Haggadah text.

Iraqi — the scallions of Dayenu

A documented Iraqi custom: during the singing of Dayenu, celebrants beat each other gently with scallions, recalling the lashes of slavery.

IN TEXT & MEMORY

Where the record sits

Passover · Nisan 15–22· calendar

Sources & review

  • Hebrew printing history (Prague 1526 illustrated Haggadah)First printed illustrated Haggadah, Prague 1526.
  • MimounaNLI reference on the Moroccan post-Passover festival.
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