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Judaism and Pesach (Passover).
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R.E. Coursework Assignment: Judaism and Pesach (Passover). Part A: The Jewish festival of Pesach (Passover) commemorates the freedom and independence of Jews from Egyptian slavery which is best described in the Exodus. This is the liberation of the Jewish community from over two hundred years of Egyptian repression and is the remembrance of the mass exodus of Jews from Egypt. It also serves as a reminder of Jewish oppression over the years from different tyrants such as Hitler and the Egyptian pharaoh. This festival pays homage to Moses who led his people free from the subjugation in which the Egyptian pharaoh had put the Jewish people under. Festivals like these give Jews hope for the future and massacres such as the holocaust strengthens the faith of many Jews. Pesach begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical...
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