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For the first Passover in Egypt, HaShem instructed the Israelites to slaughter lambs and paint their door posts with the blood. They were to then roast the meat and eat it that night.
The significance of this was that by slaughtering lambs, the Israelites were performing an act that was an outright rejection of the Egyptian Gods. This is because lambs were one of the animals worshiped by the Egyptians. By marking their doorposts with the lambs' blood, they were showing their acceptance of HaShem.
After the Exodus, lambs were slaughtered, roasted, and eaten by families as offerings of thanks to HaShem every Passover. Today, the majority of Ashkenazi Jews do not eat lamb during Passover as the Temple is not standing. Most other Jewish groups do eat lamb though.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe lamb was slaughtered and the blood added to the posts of the house of any who wanted the angel of death to pass over their home. One of the last of the 10 plauges sent to pharoah to convince him to let Gods people go. This plauge was death sent to the first born sons of ALL that were in Egypt that didnt have the blood applied to the doorposts.
There was a second reason for slaughtering lambs and using their blood. The Egyptians worshiped lambs as one of their gods. By slaughtering the lambs, the Israelites showed their rejection of the Egyptian false gods. In addition to using the lambs' blood to mark their doors, the Israelites were required to roast the meat and eat all of it. While the Temple stood, families would slaughter a lamb as an offering of thanks to HaShem, again, they were required to roast and eat all of the meat.
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∙ 10y agoEverything that is done - and eaten - on Passover, symbolizes the events of the Egyptian slavery and God's redeeming us from it. For example, the salt water of the Seder symbolizes the Israelites' tears, and the matzah of Passover symbolizes the haste with which they left Egypt.
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∙ 12y agoOnly certain groups of Jews will eat lamb during Passover. Those who do eat lamb, do so because when the Temple stood, every family was supposed to slaughter a lamb as a sacrifice of thanks to HaShem at which point the lamb was roasted and eaten on the first day of Passover.
The majority of Ashkenazi Jews will not eat lamb during Passover because we don't have the Temple. Most Sephardi and Mizrachi Jews will eat lamb over the holiday though.
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What was the meaning of Jesus's last passover meal with the disciples?
It was about the meal in which the lamb would be sacrificed.
What is eaten at the Passover meal?
The Torah (Exodus ch.12) specifies matzoh, bitter hers and the meat of the pesach-sacrifice. Other foods are not mentioned, but wine, vegetables and fruits were probably on the menu.
Are lamb chops kosher for Passover?
Lamb can be kosher for Passover. However, Ashkenazi Jews traditionally do not eat lamb during Passover.
Can you eat chicken on passover?
You can eat meat on Passover - as long as you don't roast it. If it's not at the Seder, you can even roast it! _________ Most people who eat meat tend to eat more meat than usual during Passover. Three is no prohibition against roasting meat during Pesach (Passover) Also, during Shabbat and other holy days there is a tradition of eating at least 2 types of meat during the main meal.
What was the meal eaten in haste by Moses and the Israelites called?
The meal was called the Passover or Pessach and involved both lamb, bitter herbs and unleavened bread, as indeed it still does today.
What does a baked egg symbolise in Passover?
The first night of Passover is the Seder night. During the Seder-meal, there are a number of symbolic foods on the table. One of them is a roasted lamb or goat shank-bone, chicken wing, or chicken neck; symbolizing the korban Pesach (Passover sacrifice), which was a lamb that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.
What was the gender of the Passover lamb to be?
It was to be a yearling male lamb or billy goat (Exodus 12). See also:More about Passover
What is the Christian meal that celebrates salvation from sin and death?
the passover The passover is not a Christian meal. It is a Jewish meal/holiday.
Did the Hebrews leave Egypt the morning after the Passover meal?
The Passover celebration commemorates the flight from Egypt. There was no Passover meal before the flight.
What is the mean of a lamb bone in Passover?
The shankbone of a lamb is a traditional element of the Seder ritual. It belongs on the table as a symbol of the Passover sacrifices that Jews have not made since the year 70, when the Roman army destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.
Why does the Seder meal have a bone of lamb and a chicken neck in it?
The Seder meal uses either a lamb bone or a turkey/chicken neck to represent the Paschal (lamb) sacrifice. The Israelites offered a lamb as a sacrifice at the first Passover. They put the blood of this lamb on their doorways as a signal for the Angel of Death to "Pass-Over" their houses and not kill their firstborn sons. All the other firstborn sons of Egypt died in the tenth and final plague. Modern Passover meals can use a chicken or turkey neck in place of the lamb bone since the Holy Temple is unavailable and they therefore want to use something dissimilar to the sacrificial lamb, yet still use a bone to remind them of the sacrifice.
Did Moses sacrifice anything?
The Passover Lamb
