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Normally, the search for chametz (leavened bread) occurs on the night of the 14th of Nisan, which is one night before the start of Passover.When this night is a Friday, the search for chametz takes place one night earlier (on the 13th), since use of a candle and the act of burning chametz are forbidden on Shabbat.
In this song Shemer drew a connection between the Jewish hymn and the military positions that were attacked in the War of Attrition of the time. Folk-rock band Blackmore's Night included a version of this song (as "Ma-O-Tzur") on their 2006 album Winter Carols , which includes the first verse in Hebrew followed by an adapted English translation.
Dayenu page from Birds' Head Haggada. Dayenu (Hebrew: דַּיֵּנוּ , Dayyēnū) is a song that is part of the Jewish holiday of Passover.The word "dayenu" means approximately "it would have been enough," "it would have been sufficient," or "it would have sufficed" (day-in Hebrew is "enough," and -ēnu the first person plural suffix, "to us").
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šālōš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles ...
The song apparently is inspired by Psalm 74:16 ("Yours is the day, Yours is the night") and by a Midrashic passage (Genesis Rabbah 6:2) which enlarges on those words. The authorship and date of composition are unknown, it was originally sung year-round at meals, it was not part of the Seder in the 11th century but came to be part of the Seder ...
The original declaration, as recited in Aramaic, is: [79] כל חמירא וחמיעא דאכא ברשותי דלא חמתה ודלא בערתה ודלא ידענא לה לבטל ולהוי הפקר כעפרא דארעא Should more chametz actually be found in the house during the Passover holiday, it must be burnt as soon as possible.
Matzah plate with an inscription of the blessing over the matzah Handmade Shemurah Matzah Matzah Shemurah worked with machine for Passover. Matzah, matzo, or maẓẓah [1] (Hebrew: מַצָּה, romanized: maṣṣā, pl.: matzot or Ashk. matzos) is an unleavened flatbread that is part of Jewish cuisine and forms an integral element of the Passover festival, during which chametz (leaven and ...
The adjective chametz is derived from the common Semitic root Ḥ-M-Ṣ, relating to bread, leavening, and baking. The related noun chimutz is the process of leavening or fermenting. It is cognate to the Aramaic חמע , "to ferment, leaven" and the Arabic حَمْض ḥamḍ , "acid", حَمُضَ ḥamuḍa "to be sour", "to become acidic ...