The Chametz: Passover In The Jewish Religion
Passover is a major holiday in the Jewish religion. It marks the liberation of the of the Israelites from slavery. Moses led his people through the desert to a safer land, where his people wouldn’t be enslaved, a promise for a better future. Moses instructed the Israelites to paint there doorway with lamb’s blood as a sacrifice. Those homes that were marked would be passed over and let alone. Unmarked homes would be checked for first borns, and killed.
The holiday begins on the 15th day of Nissan on the Hebrew calendar, which falls usually in March or April of the gregorian calendar.
When the Jews left Egypt, they left with such haste that they didn’t have any time for their breads to leaven. Now, in modern times, we honour our ancestry by eating unleavened bread or “Matzo” for a week.
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The home must be purged of all Chametz before Passover may begin.
Biur Chametz
The Chametz is destroyed (burned) so that passover may begin.
The seder for passover is the true beginning of the holiday. Every high holiday has a seder before each holiday. We hold seders’ to explore the stories of our past and keep them alive by retelling them.
I decided to study passover because it is one of the largest holidays. As a reform Jew, my family normally celebrates the basics of judaism. In the past few years, I have taken an interest in my own religion and wish to explore more facets of it. With a religion that has such a rich culture and history there is so much to learn.
Normally when I celebrate passover, I would attend a seder and avoid eating chamtez for 7 days. Upon my research I came across Bedikas Chametz (hunt for chametz) and Biur Chametz (destruction of chametz). It was interesting to find another aspect of the holiday I didn’t know about. Learning about these 2 additional customs was fascinating. I will most certainly be adding these rituals to my practice of
The holiday begins on the 15th day of Nissan on the Hebrew calendar, which falls usually in March or April of the gregorian calendar.
When the Jews left Egypt, they left with such haste that they didn’t have any time for their breads to leaven. Now, in modern times, we honour our ancestry by eating unleavened bread or “Matzo” for a week.
There are many different …show more content…
The home must be purged of all Chametz before Passover may begin.
Biur Chametz
The Chametz is destroyed (burned) so that passover may begin.
The seder for passover is the true beginning of the holiday. Every high holiday has a seder before each holiday. We hold seders’ to explore the stories of our past and keep them alive by retelling them.
I decided to study passover because it is one of the largest holidays. As a reform Jew, my family normally celebrates the basics of judaism. In the past few years, I have taken an interest in my own religion and wish to explore more facets of it. With a religion that has such a rich culture and history there is so much to learn.
Normally when I celebrate passover, I would attend a seder and avoid eating chamtez for 7 days. Upon my research I came across Bedikas Chametz (hunt for chametz) and Biur Chametz (destruction of chametz). It was interesting to find another aspect of the holiday I didn’t know about. Learning about these 2 additional customs was fascinating. I will most certainly be adding these rituals to my practice of