by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
The Israelites Enter Egypt Deuteronomy 26:5-10: “My father was a fugitive Aramean. He went down to Egypt with meager numbers and sojourned there; but there he became a great and very populous nation. The Egyptians dealt harshly with us and oppressed us; they...
by hadassah | Apr 14, 2016 | Passover
“Unleavened Bread” as a Reason for Expulsion of Jews from Spain March 31, 1492, The Edict of the Expulsion of Jews from Spain: “…they have had means and ways they can to subvert and to steal faithful Christians from our holy Catholic faith…carrying to them and...
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 | Apr 13, 2008 | Passover, Texts
Eleazar of Worms, Passover Haggadah with Commentary of R. Eleazar of Worms, ed. M. Hershler (Jerusalem, 1984), pp. 175-176 (Hebrew) 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...
