It is customary to use one's most beautiful dishes and tableware at the Passover seder, the ritual meal commemorating the Jews' exodus from Egypt and escape from slavery. The decoration of the table is a symbol of freedom.

Ben-Or matzoh covers are both functional and beautiful. They are generously sized to fit even large shmurah matzoh (a round handmade matzoh). Inside the matzoh cover are felt dividers which form three pockets to hold three matzot.  According to custom, three matzot are needed for the seder rituals.  Two are used for the blessing and a third one (the middle matzoh), symbolizes the paschal lamb which was sacrificed while the temple in Jerusalem was standing.  This middle matzoh is broken.  One half is kept in the matzoh cover.  The other half is set aside to be eaten as the afikoman (dessert).

Traditions vary, but in our household the seder leader hides the afikoman and the children look for it after the meal.  Whoever finds the afikoman can use it to bargain for goodies or money, because the seder meal is not over until everyone has eaten a piece of the afikoman.  My father in law, who leads a community seder in Corvallis, Oregon, used to hide his afikoman in a plain white paper napkin.  When it came time to find the afikoman, ten children would hold up a half matzoh wrapped in a paper napkin and say "I found it."  My father-in-law solved this problem by putting the afikoman in a special afikoman bag.  Now when the children find the afikoman, he is assured that only the genuine afikoman in the afikoman bag will be found.