Passover dinner with my girlfriend need advise please...?

Im catholic but my girlfriends jewish and she invited me to her passover dinner and i said sure. I just need some tips on what i should do so i don't look completely awkward not knowing anything. ThanksPassover dinner with my girlfriend need advise please...?
Here are some suggestions:





--Dress up. Most families dress well for a Passover Seder





--The Seder is a combination of a religious service and a dinner. You will read from a book called a Haggadah, which tells the story of the Jews escape from Egypt (as told in the Biblical Book of Exodus).





--Most families have everyone at the table read part of the Haggadah, which is usually in English.





--Unless asked to, do not bring any food. You would likely bring something that can't be eaten over Passover, like cake or cookies. Even special wine is used over Passover. If you feel like you really must bring something, an arrangement of flowers would be okay.





--Just follow along. As a Christian, you will probably not find anything offensive to your faith.





--After you've done the reading, there will be a large meal. All of the food will be kosher for Passover, meaning there there won't be anything made with normal flour (plus numerous other restrictions). Bread will be replaced by Matzah. There will be wine for the adults, which is used as part of the Seder.





--Although it varies greatly by family, expect the readings to take about an hour, and for the meal to take another hour.





--There will likely also be singing, as there are many songs traditionally sung at a Seder. The words should be printed in the Haggadah you'll be given.





--Consider it an honor to have been invited. Your girlfriend is clearly showing you off--live up to her expectations!





This website will give you more information:


http://www.jewfaq.orgPassover dinner with my girlfriend need advise please...?
I was raised Catholic and my wife is Jewish and I remember my first Passover Seder with her family when we were dating. Just as the others said, you follow along by reading out of the book and following the rituals. Most people don't expect a non Jew to know what to do. With that said, what I found interesting is how the Seder rituals are very similar to parts of a Catholic Mass. Actually, the Eucharist of the Mass and the rituals around it are from the Passover Seder ( breaking the matzoh= the priest breaking the communion wafer, drinking wine etc). However, the bottom line it's a family holiday like any other and just relax and enjoy!
If you are going to cook something to bring to the dinner, it must be kosher for passover, meaning it cannot have any flour or yeast.


The passover dinner that you are referring to is called the seder(which means the order). Throughout the dinner, you will hear the story of passover being told. At the beginning of the dinner, someone will break a piece of matzah in half, and go hide one half of it somewhere in the house, and at another point during the dinner, the whole family(or sometimes just the kids) will go look for the matzah that was hidden, and the finder gets a prize. Basically, you don't really need to do much not to look stupid, just enjoy yourself and there might be foods that are new to you, so give them a try!





enjoy!
There is usually family involved, so it's just like a get together party. Except before you eat there is this prayer you say, kind of like saying grace. Then you eat and your done. =/





I remember when I was a little girl my grandparents used to hide the matzah and it would be like an Easter egg hunt. Lol. But thats a game for kids...