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Pesach

Postby Dr. Goodword » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:36 pm

• Pesach •

Pronunciation: pay-sahk • Hear it!

Part of Speech: Noun, proper

Meaning: Passover, a Jewish holiday beginning on the 14th of Nisan and continuing for eight days. It runs from tonight at sundown to sundown April 11 by the Gregorian Calendar. It commemorates the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt.

Notes: The highlight of the celebration of Pesach is the Seder, a special supper held on the first night or the first two nights of Pesach. All of the food has meaning: only unleavened matzo (flat bread) is eaten and green vegetables are dipped in a vinegar or salty water to symbolize the suffering of the Israelites crossing the desert. Children recite passages and answer questions to show that they have learned the significance of Pesach, which they will pass on to their children.

In Play: The Haggadah is the story of the Exodus from Egypt, which everyone at the Seder table reads. The story of the Exodus is told four ways, each emphasizing a different aspect of the Exodus and its importance for the Jewish people. According to the synoptic gospels, the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Last Supper that Jesus attended was a traditional Seder. The gospel of John places it the day before the Seder, on the day of the slaughter of the sacrificial lamb.

Word History: Today's Good Word is the Hebrew Pesah "Passover" from the verb pasah "to pass over". Pasha "Passover, Easter" is the Aramaic variant of the same Semitic root. These words are the origin of the term for "Easter" in most European languages: French Pâques, Spanish Pascua, Portuguese Páscoa, Italian Pasqua, Swedish Påsk, and Russian Paskha. Those of us here at alphaDictionary hope the homes of all our Jewish friends are filled with peace and love during this Pesach season.
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Re: Pesach

Postby Pepshort » Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:27 am

Passover/ Pesach alert: This year at your Pesach seder be extra careful not to eat the charoset[*] with chopped liver. Doctors are warning that it might lead to ............... charoset of the liver :)

[*] A mixture of nuts, apples and wine. The 'ch' is pronounced as a guttaral, like "Chanukah"
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Re: Pesach

Postby Slava » Fri Apr 03, 2015 7:21 am

Good one, Pepshort! It works especially well with Ashkenazic Hebrew, khah-RO-sis.

Sephardic comes out as khah-RAW-set.

According to dictionary.com, at least.
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Re: Pesach

Postby LukeJavan8 » Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:46 pm

Happy Passover
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Re: Pesach

Postby Perry Lassiter » Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:20 pm

Scholarly article on Passover dates related to the Last Supper.
May be more than you want to know.

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/dail ... ign=E5B402
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Re: Pesach

Postby LukeJavan8 » Fri Apr 03, 2015 4:50 pm

I've subscribed to that periodical for decades now.
It's great.
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