Passover

Passover – Tuesday, April 23, 2024 – Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The first 2 nights of the 8 day Passover holiday are celebrated with lavish meals called Seders. Special foods, plates, silverware are all a part of the Seder. Passover begins at sunset Wednesday, April 5, and ends at nightfall Thursday, April 13, during which the stories and history of Passover are celebrated.

We offer rental biblical costumes for those who want to dress in the style of the day for the Seder.  We have costumes, wigs, beards and accessories for men, women, teens and kids.

THE HISTORY OF PASSOVER

About 3000 years ago the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians under the rule of the Pharaoh Ramses II. According to the Book of Exodus – Moses, a simple Jewish shepherd, was instructed by God to go to the pharaoh and demand freedom for his people. Moses’ plea of let my people go was ignored. Moses warned the Pharaoh that God would send severe punishments to the people of Egypt if the Israelites were not freed. Again the Pharaoh ignored Moses’ request for freedom. In response, God unleashed a series of 10 terrible plagues on the people of Egypt.

• Blood

• Frogs

• Lice (vermin)

• Wild Beasts (flies)

• Blight (Cattle Disease)

• Boils

• Hail

• Locusts

• Darkness

• Slaying of the First Born

The holiday’s name – Pesach, meaning “passing over” or “protection” in Hebrew – is derived from the instructions given to Moses by God. In order to encourage the Pharaoh to free the Israelites, God intended to kill the first-born of both man and beast. The Israelites were told to mark their dwellings with lamb’s blood so that God could identify and “pass over” their homes.

The Pharaoh remained unconvinced and refused to free the Jewish slaves until the last plague. When the Pharaoh finally agreed to freedom, the Israelites left their homes so quickly there was no time to bake their breads. So they packed the raw dough for their journey. As they fled through the desert they would quickly bake the dough in the hot sun into hard crackers called matzos. Today to commemorate this event, Jews eat matzo in place of bread during Passover.

Though the Jews were now free, their liberation was incomplete. The Pharaoh’s army chased them through the desert towards the Red Sea. When the Jews reached the sea it blocked their escape; but it was then that a miracle occurred. The waves of the Red Sea parted and the Israelites were able to cross to the other side. As soon as they all reached the other side the sea closed trapping the Pharaoh’s army as the waves closed upon them. Then as the Israelites watched the waters of the Red Sea sweep away the Pharaoh’s army they realized they were finally free.

Passover celebrates this history.

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