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While living in the Bay Area, I have a valuable opportunity to experience many arouse nutrient cultures. Doing my report on cultural customss, I am stimulate to enrich my knowledge in the culture that I have smaller knowledge of. Through the interview presentations, personal experiences shared by students, and some(prenominal) suggestions of indicative foods by the instructor, I have gained interests in different food habits and food symbolisms. After doing small research on each result to decide what I am really interested in, I chose to submit more about the Seder plate in Passover tradition. The meanings of the celebration as tumefy as the exemplary foods intertwine with the Jewish history of more than 210 long time of slavery in Egypt. Though I have learnt about the harshness of slavery, I have never known about any far-famed festival to commemorate on the journey to freedom from bondage. I am curious in understanding how symbolic foods that are emphasized in this fes tival represent the experiences that the Israelites faced and their passage to freedom. Passover ( too known as Pesach in Hebrew) is one of the most sacred festival in the Jewish calendar and the longest continuing ritual in the human history. Since 1300 B.C, Jews lionize this tradition to commemorate the national freedom of the Children of Israel and recalls stories behind the Israelites departure from the land of Egypt. dance time signifies the season of Passover, which begins at the sunset marking the fifteenth daytime of Nisan, the first month in Jewish calendar. In modern calendar, that is in the midst of April and May. The story of Passover is written in the Book of Exodus, the second book of Hebrew Bible. Over 3000 years ago, Pharoah, the King of Egypt, enslaved Jews and tortur... ...e tradition. Hopefully, the younger generations will continue to celebrate the sacred celebration to maintain their heritage in the future. Besides the historic meaning behind this traditio n, the Seder plate in Passover celebration not whole teaches the younger generation to recall the past painful experiences from slavery, but also emphasizes on the positive sides of their successful journey and their joyful moments. Each of the symbolic foods of the Passover Seder Plate has an interesting meaning, and unneurotic, they created complex layered meaning of the tradition. Family and friends come together to reflect upon history, sympathize the tragedies, and celebrate the triumphs of their ancestors. It is extraordinary that all Jews around the ground strongly symbolize their ancestors experiences and spread it as the foundation of national identity.