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a) Pesach is the biggest of the three pilgrim festivals, along with Sukkot and Shavuot and these all commemorate the period in history that the Jews pilgrimed from Egypt to the Promised Land of Israel.
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a) Pesach is the biggest of the three pilgrim festivals, along with Sukkot and Shavuot and these all commemorate the period in history that the Jews pilgrimed from Egypt to the Promised Land of Israel. The first day of Passover is the same day as the commemoration of the destruction of the temple and this is insisted by the Talmud. The symbolism of the name Passover reminds Jews of the tenth plague, the killing of the first born to the Egyptian families, when the Jews were instructed to put sheep's blood on their homes to identify their homes to God so he could Passover and know to not kill the first born in that house-hold. The history of the celebration of Passover is that it first started at the time of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and was used to commemorate their release from slavery. Passover is...
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