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Pesach, or Passover, the oldest holiday, celebrates the beginning of the Jewish people.
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Pesach, or Passover, the oldest holiday, celebrates the beginning of the Jewish people. It was on Passover three thousand years ago, under the first full moon of spring, that the Israelites escaped from Egyptian slavery. During the weeklong holiday, which falls on the fifteenth of Nisan (late March to mid-April), Jews remember the power and importance of this event by eating special foods linked to the bitterness of slavery and the sweetness of freedom. After the Pharaoh told Moses to take the Israelites out of Egypt immediately, the left as fast as they could carrying whatever they could, including dough that didn't have time to rise (Matzah). The Pharaoh changed his mind and sent his soldiers to stop the Israelites. As the Hebrews got to the Red Sea, they heard the thunder of Pharaoh's army behind them. Miraculously, a strong wind came up to part the sea, and...
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