Passover (Hebrew: פסח; transliterated as Pesach or Pesah), also called חג המצות (Chag HaMatzot - Festival of Matzot) is a Jewish holiday which is celebrated in the spring. It begins on the 15th day of Nisan (on the Hebrew calendar), which falls between March 15-April 30. Passover commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt. As described in the Book of Exodus, Passover marks the "birth" of the Jewish nation, as the Jews' ancestors were freed from being slaves of Pharaoh and allowed to become servants of God instead.
Together with Sukkot ("Tabernacles") and Shavuot ("Pentecost"), Passover is one of the three pilgrim festivals (Shalosh Regalim) during which the entire Jewish populace made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, at the time when the Temple in Jerusalem was standing.
In modern Israel, Passover is a 7-day holiday, with the first and last days celebrated as a full festival (involving abstention from work, special prayer services and holiday meals). In the Jewish diaspora outside Israel, the holiday is traditionally celebrated for 8 days, with the first two days and last two days celebrated as full festivals. The intervening days are known as Chol HaMoed (festival weekdays).
The primary symbol of Passover is the matzo, a flat, unleavened "bread" which recalls the hurriedly-baked bread that the Israelites ate after their hasty departure from Egypt. According to Halakha, matzo may be made from flour derived from five types of grain: five grains: wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt. The dough for matzo is made when flour is added to water only, which has not been allowed to rise for more than 18–22 minutes prior to baking.
Many Jews observe the positive Torah commandment of eating matzo on the first night of Passover at the Passover Seder, as well as the Torah prohibition against eating or owning Chametz which includes any leavened products — such as bread, cake, cookies, beer, whisky or pasta (or anything whose dough has been mixed with a leavening agent or which has been left to rise more than 18 minutes) — for the duration of the holiday.
2006-06-07 18:39:37
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answered by Anonymous
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The Jews celebrated the pass over in comemoration of the time when they were captive in Eygpt. The angel passed over the houses of all the houses of those who had the blood of the lamb on their door. The first born of every house would die if the die if they did not have the blood of the lamb on their door.
Hence the word "pass over" derived from that time when the angel 'passed over' their houses, and the ppl were protected. The Jews practiced the pass over once a year after that time when they were under the law of Moses. But when Jesus came to Earth, he died on Nisan 14, the night of the Pass Over. His sacrifice covered the the blood for all ppl, and now as Christians, we have been bathed and washed clean from the Blood of the Lamb, and now comemerate the death of Jesus. Jesus asked to no longer pracitice the pass over but have a memorial for his death.
That is why the pass over was practiced, but now is longer a practice for Christians.
2006-06-08 01:54:13
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answered by Anonymous
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The ritual observance of it started with the Jews. But for a Christian...
1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
2006-06-08 01:40:03
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answered by Martin S 7
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It is Judaism. It celebrates when God liberated the Jews from bondage in Egypt. He slew the first born children of the Egyptians, but "passed over" the homes of the Hebrews.
2006-06-08 01:38:47
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answered by parrotjohn2001 7
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It is in the Old Testament in the time of Moses. It is about God sending Death to every houses but to PASS OVER those that marked their doors with a lamb's blood.
2006-06-08 01:43:29
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answered by drickdj9 3
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The passover is the passing over of death that was killing the first born of Eygpt.The hebrews were to put lambs blood on there doorway to mark their belief God would protect them.
2006-06-08 01:42:23
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answered by robert p 7
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Jewaddisum (sp) Its mean to summonise the jews freedom from slavery then they painted there doorways so that the angel of death passed over there houses and not kill there first born son.
2006-06-08 01:39:40
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answered by Mr Hex Vision 7
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The First Council of Nicaea, convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first ecumenical[1] conference of bishops of the Christian Church.
The purpose of the council (also called a synod) was to resolve disagreements in the Church of Alexandria over the nature of Jesus in relationship to the Father; in particular, whether Jesus was of the same or of similar substance as God the Father. St. Alexander of Alexandria took the first position; the popular presbyter Arius, from whom the term Arian controversy comes, took the second. The council decided against the Arians overwhelmingly (of the estimated 250-318 attendees, all but 2 voted against the Arians). Another result of the council was an agreement on the date of the Christian Passover, now called Easter, the most important feast of the Church's life. The council decided in favour of celebrating Passover on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox, independently of the Bible's Hebrew Calendar (see also Quartodecimanism), and authorized the Bishop of Alexandria (presumably using the Alexandrian calendar) to announce annually the exact date to his fellow bishops.
The Council of Nicaea was historically significant because it was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom.[2] "It was the first occasion for the development of technical Christology."[2] Further, "Constantine in convoking and presiding over the council signaled a measure of imperial control over the church."[2] With the creation of the Nicene Creed, a precedent was established for subsequent general councils to create a statement of belief and canons which were intended to become guidelines for doctrinal orthodoxy and a source of unity for the whole of Christendom — a momentous event in the history of the Church and subsequent history of Europe.
Passover (Hebrew: פס×; transliterated as Pesach or Pesah), also called ×× ××צ×ת (Chag HaMatzot - Festival of Matzot) is a Jewish holiday which is celebrated in the spring. It begins on the 15th day of Nisan (on the Hebrew calendar), which falls between March 15-April 30. Passover commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt. As described in the Book of Exodus, Passover marks the "birth" of the Jewish nation, as the Jews' ancestors were freed from being slaves of Pharaoh and allowed to become servants of God instead.
Together with Sukkot ("Tabernacles") and Shavuot ("Pentecost"), Passover is one of the three pilgrim festivals (Shalosh Regalim) during which the entire Jewish populace made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, at the time when the Temple in Jerusalem was standing.
In modern Israel, Passover is a 7-day holiday, with the first and last days celebrated as a full festival (involving abstention from work, special prayer services and holiday meals). In the Jewish diaspora outside Israel, the holiday is traditionally celebrated for 8 days, with the first two days and last two days celebrated as full festivals. The intervening days are known as Chol HaMoed (festival weekdays).
The primary symbol of Passover is the matzo, a flat, unleavened "bread" which recalls the hurriedly-baked bread that the Israelites ate after their hasty departure from Egypt. According to Halakha, matzo may be made from flour derived from five types of grain: five grains: wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt. The dough for matzo is made when flour is added to water only, which has not been allowed to rise for more than 18–22 minutes prior to baking.
Many Jews observe the positive Torah commandment of eating matzo on the first night of Passover at the Passover Seder, as well as the Torah prohibition against eating or owning Chametz which includes any leavened products — such as bread, cake, cookies, beer, whisky or pasta (or anything whose dough has been mixed with a leavening agent or which has been left to rise more than 18 minutes) — for the duration of the holiday.
2006-06-08 01:40:36
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answered by digilook 2
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It is one of the 7 commanded feasts of God. All 7 together show His 6000 year plan which is soon to end.
2006-06-08 01:57:46
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answered by euhmerist 6
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Please visit this Web page for the full details of this Jewish festival :
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm
2006-06-08 01:38:42
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answered by Anonymous
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