“You’re doing the right thing, son,” his mother said as they stood at the door. The young man left his home in England and headed for what was still called the “British Mandate of Palestine.
In the Passover Seder, the unleavened bread is called The “Bread of Our Affliction.” It is to remind us of how the people of Israel suffered during their slavery in Egypt. They bore painful sorrows in their hearts and heavy burdens on their backs.
On that long ago night when God’s final plague swept through the land of Egypt, the angel of death came to take the firstborn of all families. But when he saw the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorframes of the Jewish homes, he passed over and spared them the sorrow of death.
At Passover, God was setting things up to introduce Israel to an entirely new future. He was in the process of freeing the Jewish people from 400 years of slavery. He had a plan for them, and He was bringing it about. They eagerly expected Him to unfold His plan and make it their reality.
We are in the midst of the Feast of Unleavened Bread that follows Passover night. For seven days, Jewish people are to eat nothing containing leaven (such as yeast and baking soda). The day before Passover, Jewish people search through the entire house to remove all leaven.
What would it have been like to be in Egypt thousands of years ago on the night of Passover Every Jewish person alive at that time had been born into slavery, as were their parents and grandparents Generation upon generation knew only the bitterness of forced labor and mistreatment
Tuesday’s general election has given Benjamin Netanyahu the distinction of becoming Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, according to media reports on Wednesday. Netanyahu is Israel’s ninth prime minister and leader of the Likud party. He is now set to serve his fifth term.
