Exodus 12:17-18: “You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread… In the first month (Nisan), from the 14th day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the 21st day of the month at evening.” From the first mention of a Passover celebration in 419 BCE, to an eyewitness account of the […]
Jewish Mysticism The Holy One, blessed be He, is very great and the essence of His abundant greatness cannot be seen by the eye nor spoken of by the mouth. That which was written in the Sefer ha-Merkavah concerning the measure of the [divine] stature is in accord with prophetic vision… Thus does the glory […]
Greco-Roman Period The Passover Seder was originally a Temple ritual. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E. it became a home ritual and one of Judaism’s central educational tools. The mishnah presents a basic outline of its rituals. 10-2 They mixed for him the first cup [of wine]- The House of Shammai […]