The Meaning of Passover:   Every year we gather as a family and people to retell the story of Passover. The Jewish people were slaves in Egypt.  The Pharaohs used the Jews as slave labor to build the pyramids.  Their quest for eventual freedom began when the Pharaoh Rames was told by an astrologer that the the Jews would revolt against his rule.  He then declared that all Jewish baby boys were to be killed.   A Jewish mother, Miriam, and her daughter decided to hide their new born boy to spare his life.  He was placed in a basket, and put him in the river…