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Passover Research Paper

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Amber Shen
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Bible as Lit p.7
24 Feb 2015
The first Passover according to many biblical timelines occurred on May 4, 1451 B.C. The passover is a eight-day festival that takes place in the early spring, the dates vary from year to year depending on the hebrew calendar of Nissan. God freed the Jews on this day from the egyptians, till this day many Jewish families still celebrate their freedom. Passover originates from the hebrew word Pesach which means to passover. (“passover” Holidays, Festivals and celebrations of the world dictionary 1994, print)
The story of the passover starts on Exodus 12. The land of egypt was filled with Jews and the pharaohs were afraid that they'd lose power so he forced the israelites into slavery, their treatments …show more content…

Moses told the pharaoh to let his people go into the wildness and serve him. The pharaoh said no. Then God sent 10 horrifying plagues, The Plagues of Blood, Frogs,Gnats, Flies, Livestock, Boils, Locusts, Darkness and finally the Plague on the firstborn. God told Moses that the last plague will free the israelites. God told Moses to tell the people to ask their neighbors for an articles of silver and gold. God tells Moses and Aaron to tell the whole community that for on the tenth day of this month each man need to sacrifice a lamb for his family. God required that they lamb be a year-old without any defects. They must care for it until the 14th day then at the twilight of the night they must slaughter them. Then they must take some blood of the lamb and put it on the top and the sides of the doorframe. That night the meat should be prepped and roasted, with bitter herbs and bread without yeast. the meat must not be raw or cooked with water but roasted with fire. Dont leave any left over food if there is it must be burned. The same night God will passover and strike down every firstborn man and animal. For seven days bread without yeast should be eaten. There should be a celebration on the first and …show more content…

during this celebration the Haggadah is usually read to tell stories about how they escaped from egypt and also songs are sung. “The content of the seder can be summed up by the following Hebrew Rhyme: Kaddesh, Urechatz, Karpas, Yachatz, Maggid, Rachtzah, Motzi, Matzah, Maror, Korekh, Shulchan Orekh, Tzafun, Barekh, Hallel, Nirtzah.” (jewfaq.org) Kaddesh means the pouring of the wine. Urechatz means washing, washing of the hands before the meal. Karpas: Vegetables, The vegetables is usually dipped in salt water then eaten. The salt water is a symbol for the tear from the slaves. Then the salt water is dipped into the salt water is looks like the tears. Yachatz: Breaking One of the three Matzahs on the table is broken. Maggid: The story They retell the story of the Exodus, about the passover and Egypt. It is tradition that the youngest person is to ask The Four Questions Which is know as the Mah Nishtanah its often sung the four questions are:” (1)Why is this night different from all other nights, from other nights?(2) On all other nights, we may eat chametz and matzah, chametz and matzah. On this night, on this night, only matzah. (3)On all other nights, we eat many vegetables, many vegetables. On this night, on this night, maror. (4)On all other nights, we do not dip even once. On this night, on this night, twice.” (jewfaq.org). Rachtzah: Washing, another washing of the hands with

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