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Passover - Remembering our Redemption

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The Significance to Israel

The two mo'adim, Pesach and Unleavened Bread, are very closely connected. The day of Pesach is one specific day that is to be remembered throughout the history of Israel. "'For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments–I am the Lord" (Exodus 12:12).

This passage relates the importance of Pesach–it is the time to remember the final plague, the slaying of the first-born. At Pesach, the Angel of Death went from house to house, both Egyptian and Israelite, and slew the first-born. However, as God instructed, any house that had the blood of a Pesach lamb smeared upon it was protected from death and its inhabitants lived. They were then to eat that sacrificial lamb in combination with bitter herbs and unleavened bread. Moreover, the Israelites were told to eat it quickly because the plague of the first-born triggered the second aspect of this historical event, the Exodus of the Israelite slaves from Egypt. On that first Pesach, God was going to take them out of Egypt and slavery by a miraculous deliverance.

Thus, beginning that same night and lasting for seven full days, the Israelites were also instructed to celebrate a Feast of Unleavened Bread, Chag HaMatzot. The text in Exodus says, "You shall also observe the [Feast of] Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance" (Exodus 12:17). The text indicates that, whereas Pesach specifically was given to remember the plague of the firstborn and the deliverance from it through trust in the blood of the Pesach sacrifice, the Feast of Unleavened Bread was given to specifically remember the actual event of the Exodus. This was accomplished by eating unleavened bread fo...

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