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Easter evaded us this year because of a solar/lunar issue. You’ll have to read last month’s blog March Madness @ Your Favorite Links to find out the details on that. But Passover is here for us to still celebrate and blog about for the month of April. To bring you all up to date on the origination of Passover, you can watch “The Ten Commandments”; a 220 minute Oscar award winning major motion picture with Charlton Heston & Yul Brynner or read a few brief yet informative lines about this historic event, which plagued a nation.

• Enslavement of Jews - The children of what is now known as Israel come to Egypt, only to be enslaved by the Pharaoh in hopes to try to regulate the ever increasing numbers of these wanderers. Despite enslaving them, forcing them to erect cities and other monumental structures the Jews still had the energy left to propagate. The Pharaoh desperately looking to keep the population in check, ordered to have all the Jewish newborn males killed. A young Moses eluded this fate, by having been placed into the Nile and was later found by none other but the Pharaoh’s daughter.
• Moses is Appointed Leader - Over time, Moses learns of his origins & is called upon by GOD to demand the release of his brethren from the Pharaoh himself. The stubborn Pharaoh refuses the “Let My People Go” plea from Moses.
• The Ten Plagues - The Pharaoh was not impressed by Moses association with GOD & continued to dismiss him. GOD WILL NOT BE DISMISSED! It was not before long, that Egypt was plagued by the wrath of GOD. It wasn’t until the 10th plague that which cost the lives of all newborns, including the Pharaohs’ son where he conceded and allowed the Jews to be free. By the instruction given by Moses, lambs were sacrificed, and the blood of the lamb was used to paint the doorways of all the Jewish newborns. This was a means of how the plague could identify and “PASSOVER” the homes without inflicting any harm to the inhabitants.
• Exodus - Before the Pharaoh had a change of heart; (which he later did), demanded that Moses leave Egypt with his people. In this haste, they left with their unleavened bread to start a tradition which has been observed ever since. This is why matzah is the main staple during every Passover celebration.

GOD Bless

Mario Puglia
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