Passover commemorates one of the most important periods in Jewish history. The word "Passover," or "Pesach" in Hebrew, corresponds to the Angel of Death that passed over and spared the Jewish households as the Egyptians who enslaved them suffered the loss of their firstborn sons. The Pharaoh released the Israelites when his own son died, but then sent his army against them after they started their trek across the desert. The Jewish people held their faith and followed Moses as he parted the Red Sea, enabling the people to journey on toward their Promised Land -- and Moses' receiving of the Ten Commandments. The Passover "seder" today expresses gratitude for freedom and remembers the Exodus from Egypt with a reading of the Haggadah story and a partaking of the "four cups" of wine and special foods such as unleavened matzah bread, bitter herbs, "charoset," and a boiled egg dipped into salt water -- the latter representing the strength and tears of the Jewish people.