by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
An Eyewitness Account of Passover in Jerusalem, 66 CE The Jewish-Roman historian Titus Flavius Josephus (Joseph ben Matiyahu) was born in Jerusalem in the year 33 CE. He fought in the first Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE) as a commander of Jewish forces in the...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
Celebrating Passover in Jerusalem, April 15, 419 BCE Instructions from Jerusalem for Celebrating Passover in 419 BCE in the Persian Controlled Province of Judea In 419 BCE, a man named Hananyah, a Jew who was a representative of the Persian government, wrote a...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
2,500 Years of Celebrating the Festival of Passover 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...
by hadassah | Mar 16, 2016 | American Jewish History, Purim
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Haman American Presidents and Haman References to this ageless story of God’s divine intervention against evil have been made on several occasions by early American presidents. On December 17, 1778...
by hadassah | Mar 16, 2016 | Purim
The Term Purim and the Black Obelisk As we know from the Book of Esther, the casting of lots – known as ‘Pur’ – was used by Haman to establish the date on which he intended to attack and murder the Jews of Shushan. Purim is a plural of that term....
by hadassah | Mar 16, 2016 | Purim
Vatican Archives, 78 BCE, 350 CE and the Theodosian Code, 438 CE The Festival of Purim is the celebration of God’s intervention to save the Jews of Persia from the evil Haman in the 5th Century BCE. Based on a document in the Vatican Archives we learn that the...
