Passover commemorates the story of the Israelites’(以色列人的) departure from ancient Egypt, which appears in the Hebrew Bible’s books of Exodus(出埃及记), Numbers(民数记) and Deuteronomy(申命记), among other texts. Jews observe the weeklong festival with a number of important rituals, ...
The eating of the maror represents the bitterness of the Jews’ slavery in Egypt. There are different types of maror, including romaine lettuce, gratedhorseradish, or whole horseradish root. There is a Rabbinic requirement that four cups of wine are to be drunk over the course of the Seder....
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our ...
The section of the Torah we have recently read offers some insight. The Israelites have only recently escaped from slavery Egypt. Under Pharaoh, their ability to self-organize was extremely limited. Now, as an emancipated community, they must figure out how to govern themselves. The three rebell...
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath...
Esther Agrees to Help the Jews - When Mor′decai learned all that had been done, Mor′decai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went
In Jesus’ own time, people wanted political change. Rome wanted to control the world, and the Jews wanted Rome to leave. The Jews wanted a savior that would rescue them from their government. Jesus came and told them that Rome was not their problem. The greatest problem was sin. Jesus ...
A crisis for the Jews - When Mordecai learned what was going on, he tore his clothes, dressed in mourning clothes, and put ashes on his head. Then he
Is Passover day a Sabbath day? In John, Passover day fell on a Saturday, thereby coinciding withthe weekly Sabbath. "That sabbath day was an high day" (19:31), in which the two festivals were celebrated on the same day, and Friday was the Day of Preparation for them both. ... In...
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