The First Passover

Pesach (Passover) is a Biblical festival that begins on 15 Nisan (in March or April). Pesach is an eight-day holiday that celebrates the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt and our freedom from oppression in modern days. The holiday is also referred to as Chag he-Aviv (the Spring Festival), Chag ha-Matzoth (the Time of Our Freedom). It is the first of the three pilgrimage festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two are Shavuot and Sukkot). Agriculturally, it represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel.

Source: The Legends of the Jews (Louis Ginzberg) - (http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/loj/loj206.htm)

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[WJKPrimsy]

bravo. baruch hashem.

[ArtLoversStudio18]

Thank you.

Miss Rachel, I think the beginning was cut off? Anyway, have a wonderful Passover.

[rabindranathtagore57]

Oops! I forgot ONE very important thing... O_O

To ALL my fellow Jews here, Orthodox or non-Orthodox :

hag sameakh v kasher pessach! :D ♥ ♥ ♥

[rabindranathtagore57]

YoungOldWomen : no, for if such were the case, NO Jew could celebrate pessach (passover) unless she/he makes aliyah (emigrate) to eretz yisrael (the land of Israël) AND unless the Holy Temple is rebuild!

One has to remember that Judaism was then a religion mainly centered around the beth ha-mikdash (The Holy Temple). So, since the destruction of the last Temple, the mizvoth (commandments) pertaining to the Temple alone cannot be followed. Therefore, we celebrate pessach nonetheless. :)

[rabindranathtagore57]

darkmark: Simply because most of surrounding nations did NOT follow that custom. It was then considered as a seal, so to speak, between G-d and the Jewish people, inscribed in the very flesh of males. It also set apart, in a manner of speaking, the Jewish people from other "pagan" nations. It does NOT mean ANY kind of superiority of the Jewish people over others, and does most certainly NOT imply some kind of racist undertones. Same for the too often misunderstood concept of "chosen people".

[YoungOldWomen]

The miracle sounds well strange like aliens took them to the holy land eat the sacrifice and brought them back. I watch too much tv. that means that no Jew could fully practrice pasover with the eating of the sacrifice unless in the holy land? unless of course this miracle happens often.

[darkmarkrammstein]

why circumcision?