Happy Passover! Friday, April 19th marked the beginning of Passover, the biblical holiday that commemorates the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt, found in Exodus, chapter 12. Traditionally, the holiday starts off with a special meal called a Seder where the Exodus story is retold through the Haggadah (a special booklet of Scriptures and songs). Each year we decorate the Seder table to signify some part of the Exodus Story. Last year we made a parting of the sea similar to the one in the picture below - our nephews loved it! This year it was Legos, plastic bugs, frogs, etc. to name each of the plagues - can you tell who set the table????
No chametz, i.e. leaven, is eaten during the week of Pesach, per the Lord's command in Exodus chapter 12, so instead, unleavened bread is eaten. In the days preceding Passover, a THOROUGH cleaning is done throughout homes, making sure any leaven, or leavened foods are removed. Since chametz is also scripturally a symbol of pride/sin, as a person cleans out his or her physical home, they also have the perfect opportunity to look within to their spiritual home and recognize and remove any "chametz" that is in their lives.
Passover is also mentioned in Luke 2:41-52, when Mary, Joseph, and Yeshua (Jesus) went up to Jerusalem for Passover and lost Yeshua in the Temple.
Now, you may think that going without daily necessities such as breads, cakes, cookies, and pies galore would be difficult, but we actually look forward to eating our favorite Passover recipes! You should taste our matzah pizza or better yet , our matzah toffee! Can you imagine a cake stacked with matzah soaked in grape juice and each layer slathered with chocolate ganache? I can't either, but we're going to try it this year and see if we live! We hope to share the delicious results with you later on in the week.
But in the meantime, have a blessed day!.........Oh, wait! You must watch the videos below, orchestrated by our favorite acapella group, the Maccabeats! They have done a few Passover music videos that we love to listen to every year! Enjoy!
Love,
Katherine & Grace
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