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Plagues of Egypt
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In the Book of Exodus, the Plagues of Egypt were ten disasters that Yahweh inflicted on the Egyptians to convince the Pharaoh to emancipate the enslaved Israelites, each of them confronting the Pharao
Scenes from the Book of Exodus: The death of the firstborns (including the Pharaoh's son), and the Israelites leaving Egypt (Haggadah shel Pesaḥ, 1325–1374 CE, Barcelona via British Library)
Scenes from the Book of Exodus: The death of the firstborns (including the Pharaoh's son), and the Israelites leaving Egypt (Haggadah shel Pesaḥ, 1325
The first plague: Water Is Changed into Blood, James Tissot
The first plague: Water Is Changed into Blood, James Tissot
The sixth plague: miniature out of the Toggenburg Bible, created c. 1411. Commonly the picture is mistaken as a depiction of the Black Death.
The sixth plague: miniature out of the Toggenburg Bible, created c. 1411. Commonly the picture is mistaken as a depiction of the Black Death.
Spanish 15th century, Massacre of the Firstborn and Egyptian Darkness, c. 1490, hand-colored woodcut
Spanish 15th century, Massacre of the Firstborn and Egyptian Darkness, c. 1490, hand-colored woodcut
Passover
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Passover, also called Pasch or Pesach, or Peysekh in Yiddish, is a major Jewish holiday and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
Plagues of Egypt
…orders the Israelites to leave, taking whatever they want, and asks Moses to bless him in the name of the Lord. The passage goes on to state that the passover sacrifice recalls the time when the Lord "passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt". Scholars are in broad agreement that the publication of…
A table set up for a Passover Seder
A table set up for a Passover Seder
Illustration of the Exodus from Egypt, 1907
Illustration of the Exodus from Egypt, 1907
Burning chametz on the morning before Passover begins
Burning chametz on the morning before Passover begins
The former President of Israel Reuven Rivlin sells the leaven of the Beit HaNassi (the official residence of the president), to Shlomo Amar, the Sepha
The former President of Israel Reuven Rivlin sells the leaven of the Beit HaNassi (the official residence of the president), to Shlomo Amar, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel and the Rishon LeZion, in order that Amar will later sell it to a non-Jew.