Question: What are the three principal elements of Passover in Exodus?
Google: What is the Passover in Exodus?
Passover, Hebrew Pesaḥ or Pesach, in Judaism, holiday commemorating the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on the eve of the Exodus.
What is the most important part of Passover?
One of the most important Passover rituals for observant Jews is removing all leavened food products (known as chametz) from their home before the holiday begins and abstaining from them throughout its duration. Instead of bread, religious Jews eat a type of flatbread called matzo.
Why is it called Passover?
In order to spare their own sons, the Jews painted their doorposts with the blood from the Passover sacrificial lamb. The blood served as a sign to the angel meting out the plague to pass over those Jewish households, giving the holiday the name of Passover.
The Bible tells us that when Moses told Pharaoh to “let his people go” and Pharaoh refused, God unleashed a series of 10 plagues to convince the Egyptians to give up their Hebrew slaves. The 10th plague killed every firstborn male child in the land of Egypt. In order to spare their own sons, the Jews painted their doorposts with the blood from the Passover sacrificial lamb. The blood served as a sign to the angel meting out the plague to pass over those Jewish households, giving the holiday the name of Passover.
What is the relationship between Passover and the Eucharist?
Jesus gave the Passover a new meaning. The Eucharist “fulfils the Jewish Passover” through the Paschal Mystery (CCC, 1340). Christ's Suffering, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension are a passing over from slavery to sin to ultimate freedom in the Resurrection of humanity.
How are the Passover the Last Supper and the Eucharist connected?
Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper, which happened during a Passover celebration. He made the bread and wine of the Passover dinner into His own Body and Blood—thereby making Himself into our Passover bread and wine, the sacrifice that freed us from the slavery of sin into the risen life.
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