Passover
According to the book of Exodus, over 3000 years ago the Egyptians ruled by the Pharaoh Ramses II controlled the Israelites (Jews) through slavery. During this time a shepherd by the name of Moses was informed by God to bring a message to the pharaoh and demand the freedom of the Israelites. The pharaoh ignored the word of God and Moses to release his people from freedom. Moses warned the pharaoh that God would punish the people of Egypt greatly if the Israelites were not freed. The warning was ignored, so God unleashed 10 devastating plagues on to the people of Egypt. These plagues consisted of, blood, frogs, lice, wild beast (flies), cattle disease, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, and the slaying of the first born. The Pharaoh would not listen to the word of God until the last plague. This is how the name Pesach (Passover) came about. God promised he would kill the first born of man and beast. He said to Moses And all the first born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first born of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts (Exod. 11.5,44). The only way that they could protect themselves was to mark their
Pharaoh's army was right behind them, but Moses closed the walls of sea and let the waves crash upon them, proving the liberation of the Jews. "THEN sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath thrown into the sea (15.1,44)." The Pharaoh's son was then killed including the first born of anyone who did not mark their homes. He then agreed to give Moses's people freedom. No sooner that they were granted this freedom, they fled Egypt immediately. They packed their belongings, and raw dough for their journey into the desert. While they were in the hot sun they would bake their dough into matzohs, which are hard crackers. Today Jews eat matzohs to celebrate the liberation from the Egyptians. The Passover takes place during the first month of the Hebrew year, which is called Nisan. This takes place during March-April on the days of the fifteenth through the twenty-third. The first two nights are celebrated with extravagant meals called Sedars, which is a Hebrew word meaning "order of service" (gaster,15). This is the most important part of the Passover tradition. Usually the whole family and friends gather to practice the traditions of Passover together. We may then take it, then, that the original purpose of the paschal meal was to recement ties of kinship, infuse new life into the family, and renew the bonds of mutual protection at the beginning of each year (18). homes with lamb's blood so that God could ascertain the identity of the believers, and pass over their homes. The Sedar meal contains many special foods. First is the Haroseth, which is
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