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Practice of Passover sacrifice by Temple Mount activists in Jerusalem, 2012.. The Passover sacrifice (Hebrew: קרבן פסח, romanized: Qorban Pesaḥ), also known as the Paschal lamb or the Passover lamb, is the sacrifice that the Torah mandates the Israelites to ritually slaughter on the evening of Passover, and eat lamb on the first night of the holiday with bitter herbs and matzo.
Christian observance of Passover is in modern times referred to as Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday and is held the day before Good Friday. Sometimes a shortened Seder meal is practiced. Many churches do a washing of the feet of the congregation on this day in recognition of Jesus washing the apostles feet at the last supper.
The Haggadah (Hebrew: הַגָּדָה, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a foundational Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. According to Jewish practice, reading the Haggadah at the Seder table fulfills the mitzvah incumbent on every Jew to recount the Egyptian Exodus story to their children on the first night of Passover.
Passover commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt as told in the Torah, or the first five books of the Old Testament. The name "Passover" comes from the Israelites marking the doors of ...
The story of Passover is told in the Book of Exodus in the Torah—the body of Jewish religious teachings. According to the Hebrew Bible, God instructed Moses to take his people (the Israelites ...
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The Hebrew Bible is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures and is the textual source for the Christian Old Testament.In addition to religious instruction, the collection chronicles a series of events that explain the origins and travels of the Hebrew peoples in the ancient Near East.
Easter is linked to Passover and the Exodus from Egypt recorded in the Old Testament through the Last Supper, sufferings, and crucifixion of Jesus that preceded the resurrection. [40] According to the three Synoptic Gospels , Jesus gave the Passover meal a new meaning, as in the upper room during the Last Supper he prepared himself and his ...