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Shalom friends,
Passover is almost here. The Holiday known as Passover has four different names in Hebrew – these names tell us about the significance of this holiday.
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- The Torah tells us that when the Hebrews wanted to leave their slavery |
in Egypt, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, did not allow it. Requests made by Moses were not answered by Pharaoh and therefore they were followed by G-d's plagues. The tenth and final plague was the "death of the first born". To protect the Hebrews from this plague, they were asked to mark their homes so that G-d recognizes their home and "pass-over"
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them. The first-born children of the Hebrews were saved and Pharaoh allowed the |
Hebrews to leave Egypt.
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- When the Hebrews were about to leave Egypt, they |
were in such a haste, that they couldn't allow the time for the bread to rise. Therefore, they took only flat bread with them. To remember the Exodus, the Torah commands to
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during the week of Passover. |
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- The celebration of the freedom of the Hebrews |
from their slavery in Egypt.
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- This holiday occurs in spring time. Just as the |
Hebrews began new life when they were freed, nature is renewed during this time of the year.
Xag Same'ax ve'kasher
Happy and Kosher Holiday
The Hebrew Online Team.
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Transcription:
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Matsa.
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Noun, Feminine.
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Matzo, unleavened bread.
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Transcription:
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Hagada.
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Part of speech:
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Noun, Feminine.
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Telling, tales for the Passover night.
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More About Hagada (haggadah):
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A book containing the order of the Passover Seder. It is a fulfillment of the scriptural commandment for each Jew to "tell your son" about the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt, as described in the book of Exodus in the Torah.
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Transcription:
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Xamets.
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Noun, Masculine.
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Literal Meaning:
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Leavened.
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More About Xamets:
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The Bible prohibits the eating of leaven during the festival of Passover and commands to remove it from one's possession (Exodus 12:15-20). One method of removing the xamets is by burning it (as seen in the picture). This
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Transcription:
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"Eifo atem ba'seder?"
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Where are you at the Seder? (With which family are you going to celebrate the Passover night?)
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This is the most popular conversation topic before Passover, as the
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celebrated by most Jewish people in Israel with family and/or friends. People feel obliged not to leave anybody on their own at Leil Ha'seder.
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| Great Happiness |
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| Words: Yafa Bilha |
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| Melody: Yedidya Admon |
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The Song
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Great happiness, great happiness,
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Simxa raba, simxa raba,
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Spring has arrived, Passover is here!
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Aviv higi'a, Pesax ba!
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Click here to listen to the song
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Moses (Moshe)
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Male
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The Biblical Era
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"to draw out of the water"). According to the Biblical story, Pharaoh’s daughter found Moses the baby floating in an ark in the river.
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Moses was the leader of Israel in the exodus from Egypt and during the 40-years of wandering in the desert.
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"And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son, and she called his name Moses and she said, Because
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Exodus 18, 2-4.
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Miriam (Miryam)
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Female
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The Biblical Era.
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There are two women in the Bible called Miriam. One of them is Moses's sister.
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"And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances." Exodus 15, 20
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