Passover 2011 begins at sundown on Monday, April 18. Passover lasts for eight days.
Passover commemorates the formative experience of the Jewish people: their transformation from scattered tribes indentured in Egypt to a nation on the road to redemption.
The Bible relates in the Book of Exodus, that after hundreds of years of slavery, God smote the hardhearted dictator Pharaoh with Ten Plagues until he finally acceded to the demand of the God as relayed by Moses:
Let My people go, that they may serve Me!
At the last minute, Pharaoh changed his mind and gave chase; God parted the Red Sea, allowing the Israelites to pass through on miraculously dry land while causing the pursuing Egyptians, along with their horses and chariots, to drown in the briny deep. And the Israelites were free!
Celebrate Freedom for All People!
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