Passover is festival of jewish tradition, also known as "Feast of Liberation". It is the Passover of the Jews, where the flight of the Jewish people, who lived as a slave in Egypt, is celebrated. Pesach is a Hebrew word that means to pass beyond. Moving beyond geographically and moving beyond symbolically, from slavery to freedom.
Pesach is a festival that begins on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of "Nisan" (April). It is Israel's longest holiday, where restaurants close, schools stop and most of the population take vacations. During the celebrations, one of the precepts is not to consume foods that contain yeast in their preparation, where "unleavened bread" or "Matsá" is part of the rituals.
The story of the "Exodus from Egypt" relates that the Israelites, during their hasty flight from captivity, baked the bread they had prepared, without waiting for the dough to rise. This abstinence from yeast then became a ritual during the feast of Passover, where no food can be fermented.
During the Passover festivities, a special celebratory dinner called the "Pesach Seder" gathers the whole family around the table, where unleavened bread, wine and bitter herbs complete the meal. Psalms and folk songs add the festive touch to the ceremony. It is the Passover that begins and will be celebrated for seven days by the Jewish people. The first and last days of the feast are holy days of rest, where no productive work is allowed.
Origin of Passover
According to the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy - attributed to Moses, some nomadic tribes of Israelites lived enslaved in Egypt by Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century The. C., where they were subjected to forced labor. Moses, an Israelite who grew up in Egypt, saved from the waters of the Nile and raised as a nobleman by Pharaoh's daughter, became leader of the slaves and led an escape into the Sinai desert, where they lived for 40 years, preparing for the great trek towards Canaan, the land promised. The exodus from Egypt is considered the central event in Jewish history and celebrated every year on the feast of Passover.
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