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A: Passover celebrates the formative event in the history of the Jewish people, the Exodus from Egypt 3,300 years ago. At the Seder, we experience the redemption, we feel as if we ourselves were taken out of Egypt. And we fulfill two mitzvot (commandments) from the Torah: to eat matzah, and to tell the story of our slavery and redemption from Egypt. One of the main purposes is to involve the children in the Seder, its the most effective way to relate the Passover story from one generation to the next. There is deep significance to every step of the seder. There is also great significance to the commandment to remove Chometz (leavened bread products) from our possession and to refrain from eating Chometz during the eight day duration of the holiday. The participation of Jews in the Passover rituals is nearly universal, even the most secular Jews somehow manage to get to a Seder and eat some matza. So there are several commitments that encompass Passover: the commitment to keep the laws of the Torah, the commitment to pass on our heritage to the next generation, and a commitment to celebrate this formative event with our fellow Jews.