Leading the meal

Searching for chametx (leven) hidden in the room

Smelling the chametz (yeast)

Smelling the yeast.

Painting the doorposts with blood.

Eating unleavend bread to remember the flight from Egypt when there was no time for the bread to rise.

Eating unleavend bread to remember the flight from Egypt when there was no time for the bread to rise.

A piece of parsley dipped in saltwater is eaten to recall the tears the Jews shed as slaves.

Bitter herbs represent how awful it was to be a slave.

Lamb represents the paschal sacrifice. When the Temple at Jerusalem was the center of Jewish life, Jews would go there to sacrifice a lamb.

As the 10 plagues of Egypt are read, a little wine (grape juice) is spilt.