richardbenson wrote:
i dont exactly remember what passover is about
Religion Final Exam:
You are the Creator of the universe. Your chosen people are a tribe of nomadic herdsmen, presently in bondage on one of the millions of your planets. Their ruler is being quite obstinate. Keeping in mind that you possess not only infinite power but also infinite love, your best course of action would be to:
1. Cause the ruler to drop dead of a heart attack
2. Cause the ruler to fall off a cliff
3. Visit the ruler in a dream and persuade him to let your people go
4. Slaughter a great number of innocent babies who had nothing to do with the ruler's policies
The Passover/Pesach (פֶּסַח) is based on the night of the 10th plague when the Hebrew God sent one of his goons, the Angel of Death, to visit each and every home to kill every first-born. To protect yourself from this indiscrimate and unnecessary bloodshed, one had to sacrifice a lamb or kid without defects and smear its blood on the door post so the Angel of Death will passover to the next family. There is also a 7 day celebration called שביעי של פסח (Seventh of Passover). The word actually means to hover over guarding.