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Which festival celebrates the slaves being freed from Egypt?
passover
Which feastival celebrates the slaves being freed from Egypt?
Passover
Why do people eat charoset at the Passover meal?
Charoset represents the mortar used in construction when we were slaves.
Who led the slaves to freedom Passover?
The Israelites were led out of Egypt by Moses, at God's command (Exodus ch.12).
What is the importantance of passover?
The importance of Passover is that all the Israelites had been slaves in Egypt for 400 years. In the story of Passover God sends 10 plagues down on the Pharaoh and the rest of Egypt, and after the last one, the death of the first born, the Israelites were finally set free.
What does salt water have to do with the story of Moses?
Salt Water at the Passover seder symbolizes the tears shed by the ancient Hebrew slaves.
Why do Jews eat maror on Passover?
The charoset is a sweet mixture representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt.See also the Related Link.More about Passover and its symbolic foods
What is the Passover dinner?
The passover is a festival celebrated by the Jews, it reminds them of the night when they were slaves in Egypt, and they smeared the blood of lambs on the doors and in the night, the angel passed the houses. Those that did not have the blood , had their first born died.
What does the holiday of Passover celebrate?
It celebrates the birth of the Jewish nation. =)it is the celebration of the Jews being freed from being slaves in Egypt
What do the matzah bread represpents the passover meal?
It represents the haste of the Jewish slaves fleeing Egypt, and they had no time for the bread to rise, so they ate it flat.
What is a symbol of the bitterness the Hebrews felt when they were slaves in Egypt?
The symbol used on Passover is called maror (מרור) in Hebrew, which is usually represented by horseradish or lettuce.
What does a charoset symbolise in Passover?
First, charoset is a mixture of nuts, fruit and wine. Some charoset recipes are paste-like, others are chunky, but at the Passover seder, however it is made, charoset symbolizes the mortar used by the Israelite slaves in Egypt in their labor for Pharoah.
