This evening – Friday 15th April – will be the beginning of Passover, when Jewish families all over the world will be sitting down to the Passover Seder. Every year, the Passover story is told. How we, the Jewish people, were once slaves in Egypt and are now free.
Jesus, who of course was Jewish – as were his disciples – was celebrating the Passover meal (Seder) at The Last Supper.
PASSOVER DITTY
When you’re celebrating Easter,
it’s Passover for me,
no bread or cake or biscuits,
just matzos for our tea!
We have to eat unleavened bread
that’s matzo don’t you know,
they’re rather tasty crackers
but for eight days it’s a blow.
We cannot bake with flour
so use substitutes instead,
coconut and ground almonds
because there isn’t any bread.
It’s the festival of freedom
when we fled Egypt long ago
but just as relevant today
with what’s going on you know!
If you would like to know about Passover, here’s an excellent link from the British Library: https://www.bl.uk/learning/cult/inside/goldhaggadahstories/goldenhagg.html
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