Pesach (Passover Festival)
The Passover Festival is held to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt over 3,000 years ago.
History.
The Torah tells of how the Children of Israel were enslaved in Egypt by a Pharoah who feared them. After many generations of oppression, God speaks to an Israelite man named Moses and instructs him to go to Pharoah and let God's people go free. Pharoah refuses, and Moses, acting as God's messenger brings down a series of 10 plagues on Egypt.
When Joseph and his brothers died, and the children of Israel had children and created a new generation in the land of Egypt, they had changed the political, cultural, and economic life of the country. It is not surprising that they stirred the jealousy of the native Egyptians who felt outdone by the so called 'foreigners.' The natives forgot the good Joseph, Josephs Brothers and the Old Pharaoh did for them. The natives were twisted in greed and hatred for the very people that saved them from poverty and starvation.
Then after the old Pharaoh of Joseph's time had died, a new king claimed the throne to Egypt. He had no sympathy or love for the children of Israel, and chose to forget all that Joseph had done for Egypt, just like the natives had. He selfishly decieded to do somthing about the Israelites, so he called his council together, and they came to a
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Joseph’s brothers traveled to Egypt to buy food, and there he revealed himself to his brothers and they apologized to him for what they did to him. Josephs forgave them and sent for his father Jacob and the rest of his
She was very upset with Joseph that she lied to him and Potiphar had Joseph put in jail. While being in jail for several years, God was still with Joseph. During this time he was having dream interpretations. When Egyptian Pharaoh began to become troubled by a reoccurring dream it was then remembered that Joseph could interpret
Joseph began his life as the favorite son of Jacob who tended to the flocks as a shepherd.3 These humble beginnings foreshadow how one day Joseph will tend to the Seed of the Woman during times of famine in the land by giving food to this eleven brothers. Jacob, who was the son of Isaac, had eleven other sons who were jealous of the special attention that Joseph received. In fact, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.4 Joseph had a dream that predicted that Joseph would one day reign over his older brothers. This upset his brothers and they tricked Joseph by selling him into slavery. Joseph was then taken to Egypt where he was sold to Potiphar and became a servant in
In my opinion, the most suitable name for Passover is Hag Hacheirut- the Freedom Holiday. In Passover G-D saved the Jews from slavery in Egypt, but also from the Egyptian culture. From that (this?) moment on, the Jews became independent. Therefore, Passover represents the beginning of the Jewish people.
We will never know our path in life or why we’ve gone through certain negative experiences but God always knows what he’s doing and should not be doubted. We as humans need to put full faith into Gods hands and believe that he has a plan for each of us. Eventually the time will come when we realize what these experiences have done to better ourselves and get us where we are today, and that’s exactly what Joseph did. In this story, Joseph is the second youngest son of Jacob and the brother of eleven other boys. It is immediately made clear Joseph is Jacobs favored son, resulting in a strong hatred from his brothers. This hatred can only be assumed, because as humans we cannot control what we feel, it is completely natural and understandable that Joseph brothers were feeling this anger and jealousy towards him. They all had the same father, but didn’t get any love from him. Genesis 37:3 NKJY reads, “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors”. Joseph also tells his family about his dreams of them bowing down to him, which his brother take even more offense too. One day Joseph goes to check on his brothers while they’re watching the sheep, as the brothers spot Joseph from a distance they plot to get rid of him by selling him as a slave to some traveling Midianites. All this hatred towards Joseph, that he had no control over, was
The Jews were not free. The pharaoh’s army chased them with a force of six hundred men towards the Red Sea. When the Jews