Passover - Pesach : History and Meaning of Freedom in Faith
Passover is a major Jewish festival that commemorates and celebrates the deliverance / redemption by G-d of the Hebrews from slavery in ancient Egypt resulting in the physical and political
Passover - Pesach : History and Meaning of Freedom in Faith
Passover is a major Jewish festival that commemorates and celebrates the deliverance / redemption by G-d of the Hebrews from slavery in ancient Egypt resulting in the physical and political freedom of the Hebrews ("Ivri'im" in Hebrew) - ancestors of the Jewish people ("Yehudim" in Hebrew = Jews). The Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt to freedom following a series of ten plagues against Pharaoh - the Egyptian king - the land of Egypt and the Egyptian people which was initiated by G-d after the announcement of each plague by Moses to the Pharaoh highlights the Passover story and it is the events surrounding the miracle of the ten plagues and the resulting Exodus brought upon the Hebrews by G-d through Moses that we honor.
Pesach is the transliterated Hebrew name for Passover. In fact, Pesach has become the colloquial name used for this festival among the Jewish people, particularly among Orthodox-Jewish people. Key on the words "has become" because Pesach as the name for this fes