And the eyes look east Toward Zion. Our hope is not lost, Our hope of two thousand years, To be a free nation in our land, In the land of Zion and Jerusalem Accessed from: Supporting Question 4 Featured Source Source A: Rabbi Shira Stern, article, A Celebration of Freedom,” in Celebrate Passover: “Passover: With Matzah, Maror and Memories, 2010. Why is this holiday different from other holidays? On every Jewish holiday we remember the story associated with the holiday. On Passover, however, we use our five senses to recreate the experience of the Israelites’ passage from slavery to freedom, so that the words we were freed from Egypt” become real “when to us. We do this at the ritual service of prayers, stories, and special foods known as the seder, which means as in order of events. The seder usually has 15 parts as set forth in the Hagaddah. Hagaddah means “order,” and the seder is the telling of the Exodus story (Exodus 1: 8-15:21). It is important for each “telling,” generation to pass down the story to the next. Many families pass down special traditions as well, both serious
And the eyes look east Toward Zion. Our hope is not lost, Our hope of two thousand years, To be a free nation in our land, In the land of Zion and Jerusalem Accessed from: Supporting Question 4 Featured Source Source A: Rabbi Shira Stern, article, “Passover: A Celebration of Freedom,” in Celebrate Passover: With Matzah, Maror and Memories, 2010. Why is this holiday different from other holidays? On every Jewish holiday we remember the story associated with the holiday. On Passover, however, we use our five senses to recreate the experience of the Israelites’ passage from slavery to freedom, so that the words “when we were freed from Egypt” become real to us. We do this at the ritual service of prayers, stories, and special foods known as the seder, which means “order,” as in order of events. The seder usually has 15 parts as set forth in the Hagaddah. Hagaddah means “telling,” and the seder is the telling of the Exodus story (Exodus 1: 8-15:21). It is important for each generation to pass down the story to the next. Many families pass down special traditions as well, both serious
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