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The Torah Prohibition Against Blood and Hunting

The Torah Prohibition Against Blood and Hunting

In Leviticus, God prohibits Israel from eating blood in the strictest terms. This prohibition also includes hunting and eating from the carcass of a dead animal (Leviticus 17:10-16), and the punishment for one who violates this is karet....

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The Symbolism of the Seder Plate

The Symbolism of the Seder Plate

The Passover Seder is a generational affirmation, a transmission of the story of God’s miraculous redemption of the Jewish people from Egypt. In this context, the Seder plate, as the centerpiece of the Seder table, is a visual aid,...

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7 PASSOVER TRADITIONS ANYONE CAN ADOPT

7 PASSOVER TRADITIONS ANYONE CAN ADOPT

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is a Jewish holiday commemorating the Jewish liberation by God from slavery in Egypt. In the Book of Exodus, the Hebrew Bible describes the Israelites freedom under the leadership of Moses. The holiday...

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Matzah: Bread of Freedom or Bread of Affliction?

Matzah: Bread of Freedom or Bread of Affliction?

In preparation for the final devastating plague, the Hebrews prepared the Passover lamb. The offering, whose blood, painted on their doorposts, would protect them from the Angel of Death and whose meat would be eaten as the Passover...

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