Preaching Goes Viral

Celebrating Passover in the Shadow of Coronavirus

Analogies to Mythic Narratives

And did you know that at the first Seder that ever occured, 3,332 years ago, the Jews were also in a “quarantine” of sorts? On Rosh Chodesh Nissan, 15 days before the plague of the firstborn and the Exodus, Moses instructed the Jewish people to bring a lamb into their homes in 10 days’ time, and four days later to slaughter it, roast it, and eat it with matzah and bitter herbs. Every subsequent Passover, a lamb was also slaughtered, but it had to be brought to the Tabernacle or the Temple to be offered and eaten. Yet the first Seder had to be done at home.

2022-12-13

Rochel Holzkenner

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