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==History==
 
==History==
The origin of the Passover is described in Exodus.  Among the miracles the Lord performed for the Israelites was the "passing over" of their houses by the Angel of Death.
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The origin of the Passover is described in Exodus.  Among the miracles the Lord performed for the Israelites was the "passing over" of their houses by the Angel of Death.  The houses of the Israelites were marked by the blood of the sacrificial "paschal" lamb.
Keeping the Passover is commanded by the Lord in the Hebrew Bible, see, for example, Exodus 12 and Numbers 9.
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Keeping the Passover is commanded by the Lord in the Hebrew Bible, see, for example, Exodus 12 and Numbers 9.
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==Practice==
 
==Practice==
    
==Relationship to other religions==
 
==Relationship to other religions==
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