Pesach


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(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

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God's Pesach salvation of Israel and their passage through the Red Sea was solidified through the Law: Israel experienced how God would be their God and understood how to be God's people.
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Soloveitchik on Pesach, Sefirat ha-Omer and Shavu'ot" is collection is a valuable introduction to the thought of one of the 20th century's leading Orthodox Judaic philosophers compiled for contemporary readers by Rabbi David Shapiro--who was the Principal of Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts and a student of Rabbi Soloveitchik for many years.
The final tenth plague killed all the firstborns of Egyptians but passed over the homes of Jews -- hence the festival is named Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is threatening the first deportation wave on Pesach, seems to have no sense of irony about sending people to be oppressed, trafficked and enslaved at that season.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces stormed the town of Kafel Harres, near Salfit, and patrolled their military vehicles in its streets and neighborhoods, before a group of Israeli settlers raided the historical Islamic holy shrines there and perfumed religious rituals to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Pesach IV; Passover.
Lines strain to catch elusive moments: the light as it falls across a Pesach table; magical prisms in a distant field.
With the Jewish holiday of Passover* (Pesach) coming -- 22/04 -- 30/04 -, these organizations and parties also demanded the Israeli authorities that some specific Jewish prayers to be celebrated inside the al-Aqsa mosque compound.
The significance of the timing of Christ's Crucifixion was that it occurred when Jerusalem was full for Pesach, what we call Passover.
Miriam Berlow-Jackson, 41 Mum of three and parenting blogger, East Ayrshire My youngest daughter Millie is one in this picture, trying to grab the phone while I listen to instructions from my mum for Passover or Pesach.
The synagogue was opened for service on the eve of Pesach in April, 1909, when it was officially named a the /Kal Kados Agadol/, or Great Synagogue.
Temple Beth Israel - "Creative Passover Seders" with Rabbi Boris Dolin will explore ways to make the Pesach Seder more interactive and enjoyable for participants of all ages, including the basics of the Haggadah and the Seder and fascinating traditions from the Sephardic, African and Ashkenazi cultures.
Mannie Stein was born in Lithuania a few days after Pesach (Passover), but as no exact records were kept, he celebrated his birthday on 1 April.
Explaining the meaning of Pasko or "pesach," Villegas said it meant "passover" or to "cross over."