7 Fascinating Facts About Passover

1. Despite his significant role and contributions to the Exodus story, Moses's humility is evident even in the Passover Haggadah, where his name appears only once throughout the entire text. 

2. The largest Seder in the world takes place annually in Kathmandu, attracting over 2,000 participants in an event organized by Chabad emissaries.

3. The Seder night of 1865 remains etched in American memory and sent shockwaves through the Jewish community due to a tragic event – the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by a militant named John Wilkes Booth. 

4. In 2013, an ancient artistic Haggadah that survived the Nazi concentration camps was found. According to researchers, this Haggadah was commissioned by the Oppenheimer banking dynasty, with its twenty parchment pages dating back to 1726. It was valued at half a million British pounds and offered for auction in England that year. 

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5. Jews from the Sahara Desert villages narrate that for decades, their ancestors preserved the Exodus story in a unique way by leaving their villages and walking into the desert before Passover to remind themselves of the hardships and hardships faced by the Israelites in the desert for 40 years. 

6. The first English-language Haggadah was printed in 1837 by Solomon Henry Jackson, the founder of the first Hebrew publishing house in New York. 

7. During World War I, Jews in Vilna faced great difficulty leading up to Passover: despite all efforts by the rabbis to find kosher wine, none were successful, and residents were instructed to drink sweet tea during the Seder as a substitute for the four cups of wine.