PASSOVER HAGGADAH 2008

PASSOVER haggadah 2008

Chametz,
Spring Mega-Cleaning,
Sale of Chametz,
Burning

Matzo
Commandments and symbolism
Matzo baking
Passover dishware
Fasting

The Passover Seder
Maror
Recounting the Exodus
The Four Cups of wine
Children in Passover

This blog is about PASSOVER Festival

2008 date sunset of April 19 to nightfall of 26 April / 27 April

Official name Hebrew: פסח (Pesach)
Observed by Jews, Samaritans
Type One of the Three Pilgrim Festivals
Significance Celebrates the Exodus, the freedom from slavery of the Children of Israel from ancient Egypt that followed the Ten Plagues.

Beginning of the 49 days of Counting of the Omer
Begins 15th day of Nisan
Ends 21st day of Nisan in Israel, and among some liberal Diaspora Jews; 22nd day of Nisan outside of Israel among more traditional Diaspora Jews.
 

 

Celebrations In Jewish practice, one or two festive Seder meals - first two nights in Ashkenazic tradition, first and seventh nights in Sephardic tradition, only first night for other Jews in modern Israeli tradition; in the times of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Korban Pesach. In Samaritan practice, men gather for a religious ceremony on Mount Gerizim that includes the ancient Passover Sacrifice.
 Shavuot  is known for Festival of Weeks which follows 49 days from the second night of Passover.

The holiday of Passover marks the anniversary of the birth of the Jewish nation. The story of the Jewish nation is one of individuals who became a family who became a people. The great individuals who laid the spiritual foundation of Jewish peoplehood were Abraham and Sarah, their son and daughter-in-law Isaac and Rebecca, and their son and daughters-in-law Jacob, Rachel, and Leah.

From Jacob, Rachel, and Leah came a family of 70 people who, due to a famine in Israel, were forced to migrate to Egypt. In Egypt this family grew and prospered to such an extent that they eventually came to be seen as a threat by their Egyptian hosts. Respect and admiration turned to contempt, and finally to an organized program of enslavement and oppression. After 210 years, and a series of unheeded warnings by Moses to Pharaoh which resulted in the Ten Plagues, God liberated a nation which had grown from the original family of 70 people. Seven weeks later this newly conceived nation received the Torah at Mount Sinai.

The Haggadah is the story of the birth of the Jews as a people. It deals primarily with the events in Egypt which led from slavery to liberation, though it also spans the entire period from Abraham to the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. One could say that the Haggadah is our national birth certificate as well as our Declaration of Independence. More than just a historical document, it also speaks of the ideals and values which constitute the essence of our national consciousness and identity.

The word haggadah means to tell, or to relate. The Haggadah is a vivid narrative which is set in the context of a parent-child dialogue. Passover, with the Haggadah as its focus, tells every Jew three things: who you are, where you came from, and what you stand for.

The message inherent in the Haggadah is that Jewish identity and continuity hinge on encouraging children to ask questions -- and being prepared as parents to provide sensitive and substantive answers. In Judaism, being learned, knowledgeable, and wise is not only a goal, it's a prerequisite.

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Passover in the spring

Origins of the festival

Origin of the name

Historic offering, "Korban Pesach"

Modern observance and preparation

Chametz,
Spring Mega-Cleaning,
Sale of Chametz,
Burning

Matzo
Commandments and symbolism
Matzo baking
Passover dishware
Fasting

The Passover Seder
Maror
Recounting the Exodus
The Four Cups of wine
Children in Passover