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 Passover Facts

Passover, also known as Pesach, is a much celebrated eight-day Jewish

festival commemorating the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in
ancient Egypt. The story of Passover is chronicled in the book of Exodus,
when God set ten plagues upon Egypt when it refused to free thousands
of enslaved Israelites.
ETYMOLOGY AND BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE

❖ In Hebrew, Pesach means “to pass over.” As written in the Old Testament
book of Exodus, God sent Moses to Egypt to relay a message to the
pharaoh about liberating all enslaved Israelites. Pharaoh refused and God
sent ten plagues to Egypt including the death of all first-born males. On
midnight of 15 Nisan 1313 B.C.E., all firstborn sons died. God spared all
Israelites when the angel of death passed over their houses, which were
marked with lamb blood.
❖ The ten plagues in Egypt included the following: water in the Nile river
turned to blood, a plague of frogs, dust turned to lice, swarms of flies,
death of livestock, a plague of boils, hail and fire, a plague of locusts,
three-day darkness, and the death of firstborn sons.

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❖ After the death of pharaoh’s firstborn, he chased enslaved Israelites out
of Egypt. Thousands of Israelites traveled to Mt. Sinai, crossed the Red
Sea, and became known as God’s chosen people.

TRADITIONS AND OBSERVANCES

❖ Passover begins on the 15th night of Nisan, on the 7th month in the Jewish
calendar, which falls around March or April on the Gregorian calendar.
❖ Prior to the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem in the 1st century,
Passover was observed through the sacrifice of the paschal lamb. On the
first night. The sacrificial lamb is roasted and eaten.

Illustration showing the sacrifice of

the Passover lamb to the Temple

★ Passover is also referred to

as Chag HaMatzot, or
Festival of the Unleavened
Bread, Chag Ha Herut, or
Festival of Freedom, and
Chag Ha Aviv, or Festival of
Spring.
★ The eight-day observance was rooted in the Babylonian times when the
calendar was based on the phases of the moon.
★ Weeks before Passover, Jewish houses are cleaned of chametz, or
leavened grain like wheat, barley, oats, rye and other leavening agents.
Thus, they are not allowed to eat cake, bread, cereal, pasta, cookies, and
drink alcoholic beverages.
★ On two seder nights, instead of chametz, Jews eat matzah or unleavened
bread. It signifies the bread that Israelites brought when they fled Egypt.
★ Seder is a traditional dinner full of commandments during Passover. This
family feast is done with eating matzah, maror or bitter herbs signifying the
slavery of the Israelites, drinking of four cups of wine or grape juice, and
recitation of Haggadah or the story of Exodus.

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❖ Some Jewish families keep
special silverware for
Passover.
❖ A traditional Passover seder
plate may consist of maror
(usually horseradish),
chazeret (the second bitter
herb, usually romaine
lettuce), charoset (a mixture Traditional Passover Seder plate
of chopped
apples, cinnamon, walnuts and red wine), karpas (parsley dipped in salt
water), z’roa (a lamb shank), beitzah (hard-boiled egg), and matzah or
the bread of affliction.
❖ Aside from family members, an empty seat and wine cup should be
reserved for the prophet Elijah.
❖ At the end of the meal, the seder leader will hide an afikomen (half a
matzah) for children to seek out.
❖ The final day of Passover marks the arrival of the Israelites to the Red Sea.
According to the Bible, this was the time when Moses parted the Red Sea
to help the Israelites get across. Today, Jewish women and little girls light
candles to commemorate the event.
❖ The world’s largest seder is held annually in Kathmandu, Nepal, with over
2,000 attendees.

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Ten Plagues of Egypt

In Hebrew, the term Pesach means “to pass over”, an act of
God on the houses of Israelites during the last of the ten
plagues in Egypt. Can you name all the plagues?

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 Ten Plagues of Egypt
ANSWER KEY

Water turned to
Plague of frogs Plague of lice
blood

Plague of flies

Death of livestock

Death of firstborn
Nights of darkness
sons

Plague of boils

Plague of locust Plague of hail

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