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Line 1: − + + − + − 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.+ − − ==Practice== − Passover is kept for 7 days in Israel, 8 days in the rest of Jewish world. Observant Jews do not eat leavened bread during the holiday. Instead they eat [[matzo]], wafers made of flour and water and baked within 18 minutes from the moment water is added to the flower, to insure the mixture has not had time to rise. The first two nights of Passover (first night only in Israel) are celebrated with a traditional ''seder'' (''Heb. order''), where the story of the Exodus is read from the Haggadah (''Heb. telling''). The youngest child at the seder asks a series of four questions in Hebrew that begin "Why is this night different from all other nights?" The Haggadah supplies the answers. − − [[Category: Judaism]]
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'''Passover''' (Heb. פֶּסַח ''pesach'') is a [[Jewish]] festival celebrating the [[Exodus of Israel]].
<small>''This article is about the Biblically commanded feast from a general and [[Christian]] perspective; for Passover in [[Judaism]] see [[Pesach]]''</small><br>
'''Passover''' ([[Hebrew]] פֶּסַח ''pesach'' "to pass through, to pass over, to exempt or to spare") is a [[Bible|Biblical]] festival, one of seven of [[God|God's]] commanded [[Holy Days]]. Its name is derived from the night of the [[Exodus|Tenth Plague]], when the Angel of Death saw the blood of the lamb on the doorposts of the houses of [[Israel]] and "passed over" them and did not kill their firstborn. "Pesach" is also the name of the sacrificial offering (a lamb) that was made in the [[Temple]] on this holiday. Passover is the oldest continually observed feast in existence today, celebrated for some 3,500 years. Even today, more Jewish people observe Passover than any other high holy day,<ref>Boshart, David Holt [http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/feasts/passover.htm "Passover"]. Accessed 18 February 2008</ref> and according to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), more than 80% of Jews have attended a Passover celebration.<ref>Rich, Tracey R. [http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm "Pesach: Passover"] Judaism 101. Accessed 18 February 2008</ref>
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