WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 4: In this handout photograph provided by Rabinowitz/Dorf, Alan van Capelle, Alan van Capelle, Chief Executive Officer, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice (L), presents an award to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at a mock Passover seder meal held at the US Department of Agriculture headquarters on April 4, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The second annual Food and Justice Seder, co-hosted by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and The White House co-sponsored by Empire Kosher. The seder focused on the place where food, history, values and culture intersect and explored hunger and food access, labor conditions for food workers, environmentally sustainable production and consumption, and individual and communal responsibilities. Passover formally begins Friday night. (Photo by Ron Sachs/Rabinowitz-Dorf Communications via Getty Images)
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Passover is an annual holiday that commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.