holidays & recipes: passover celebrated with cherry blossom meringue cookies

Passover is a Jewish holiday that begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. It is the first of the three major Jewish festivals that have historical and agricultural significance. It represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel. However, the most important and most widely celebrated aspect of Passover is the commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt. The Hebrew word for Passover is “Pesach” and it means “to pass over”. Learning the story of Passover will explain the reason the holiday is called Passover. The story of Passover can be found in the Torah, in the books of Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. When Joseph, the son of Jacob, moved his family to Egypt during a famine in their homeland, the Israelites were well received and even lived peacefully with the Egyptians for many years. But, the growing Israelite community made Egyptians fearful that they would... Read the Rest →

 

holidays & recipes: passover celebrated with cherry blossom meringue cookies

Passover is a Jewish holiday that begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. It is the first of the three major Jewish festivals that have historical and agricultural significance. It represents the beginning of the harvest season in Israel. However, the most important and most widely celebrated aspect of Passover is the commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt. The Hebrew word for Passover is “Pesach” and it means “to pass over”. Learning the story of Passover will explain the reason the holiday is called Passover. The story of Passover can be found in the Torah, in the books of Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. When Joseph, the son of Jacob, moved his family to Egypt during a famine in their homeland, the Israelites were well received and even lived peacefully with the Egyptians for many years. But, the growing Israelite community made Egyptians fearful that they would... Read the Rest →