Can anyone tell me the history of Passover?

Question

I just want a brief description of the passover (jewish feast). I want to know the history of passover (how it came about) and what the passover consists of (like the blood of the lamb and stuff like that). And also, I would like to know why this is extremely significant to the Jewish faith.

So, if you could help me out, that'd be great! I need to know this for some research I'm doing.
THANKS!

Answer 1

very quickly:

when the jews were held in bondage in Egypt, the Lord came to Moses and told him to tell all of the jews to put lamb's blood on their doorway. God then sent the Angel of Death to Egypt, and killed the first born son of every household that didn't have the lamb's blood over the door. The households that had the lamb's blood over the door was 'Passed over'.

I would suggest listening to 'Creeping Death' by Metallica. It's basically the story.

Answer 2

When the Pharoah of Egypt refused to set the Hebrew slaves free, death passed thru Egypt and the oldest child of each family died. The Hebrews were told by Moses to cover their door posts with lambs blood, so death would passover their home. There are egyptian records of a sudden great number of deaths. The Pharoah then set the Hebrews free, to be led by Moses.
The Jewish faith has the oldest original records of this occurance. Passover was remembered from that time on.

Someone, more qualified than I, could explain the significance of this event.

Answer 3

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 northern 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.
Here is the rest:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover

Answer 4

It comes from when the Israelites were being led out of Egypt, the blood was used to mark the doors of the jews so that when all the first born of Egypt were killed their homes would be safe. It caused the Angel of Death or whatever you want to call him to pass their home leaving it unharmed,thus the term Passover. There's more to it but that's the general gist of it.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Loooooong story short, all the Isrealites were slaves in Egypt.
God let Moses, an Isrealite baby, be raised as an Egyptian prince. God then used Moses to tell the Pharoh that time was up, and it was time to let all of the Isrealites go free. For obvious reasons, Pharoh didn't want to do this.
So God, through Moses, told Pharoh if he didn't let them go, He'd send all manner of plagues and things upon Egypt until Pharoh *did* let them go.
He sent bugs to destroy the crops, sickness to kill the animals, plagues of pests, and still Pharoh refused to let them go.
Finally God said, "Let them go, or I will send an angel to kill the first born male of every household in Egypt."
Moses was sent to tell the all the Isrealite slaves "God is going to send an angel to kill every first born male. Here's what you need to do to make sure the angel passes by your house and doesn't kill your child."
They were instructed to take a lamb, kill it, and paint above their door with the lamb's blood. When the angel saw the blood, it knew to pass by that house.
The angel killed all the firstborns of Egypt, and the Isrealites celebrated because their houses were "passed over".
Pharoh then let them go free...
It's hugely significant, because God did such a huge miracle for His people, and saved them from so many years of slavery, and took them into a land of their own.

Answer 7

Read Exodus 11.

Answer 8

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default.asp

http://www.aish.com/holidays/passover/default.asp

Answer 9

Sure, just pick up your bible and read the old testament! It's all there in graffic details. Or read mine on line!