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1. Passover -- Passover Seder Plate
   The Passover seder is one of the most widely observed of all Jewish customs, and at the center of every seder is a seder plate. Because of the popularity of the Passover seder, and because of the seder plate's central position in its observance, the plate has become a very common outlet for Jewish artistic expression.
2. Passover -- Jewish Seder
   The central observance of Passover is the seder. This word literally means "order," and it refers to the order of services in the banquet on the first night of the holiday. (In Orthodox and Conservative observance outside of Israel, it takes place on both of the first two nights.) In the course of the meal, the story of the Exodus is recounted, continuing the oral tradition stretching back to Biblical times.
3. Passover -- Passover Haggadah
   Passover is the Jewish holiday commemorating and celebrating the redemption of the Jewish people from slavery to freedom. It is customary to celebrate Passover with a Seder meal on the first night (and in the Diaspora on the first two nights) of the week. The Seder meal is a time when small or extended families come together to enjoy the age-old heritage of recounting the story of the Jews' ascent from bondage, to life as a free and unified nation. As any family with a large range of ages can relate, keeping everyone involved in even a short weekday meal is a task, but when custom dictates a long, traditional meal, the challenge is that much greater. Multiply this with the preparations that go into organizing a Seder and you've got your hands full. Luckily, the content of the traditional Seder prayer book -- known as the Haggadah -- is loaded with pedagogical tools to keep children and family of all ages involved in the order of the night.
4. Passover -- Passover Songs
   The closing of the Passover seder is highlighted by the 'Redemption Theme', as well as a reminder that the joyous festival of Passover is to be shared with the less fortunate. The Prophet Elijah, symbol of the humble wayfarer, is invited to enter the home through the symbolic opening of a door to the house. The Cup of Elijah, filled with wine, and represented in the left border of this web page, is confirmation of the hope of Elijah's arrival into the house. After opening the door for Elijah followed by a small period of time waiting for him, the Passover seder service is finalized by the selection of Psalms, or Songs of Praise, known as the 'Hallel'. The Passover dinner is ended with a drink of wine. All foods and drinks served at the Passover meal carry a significant symbolic meaning and weight on the guests' mind and the recital of the Passover story and its rituals serve to remind the person of his/her importance, enabling the person to be aware of gratitude and, just as important, widen an individual's perspective of himself/herself in relation to his/her fellow human beings.
5. Yom Kippur -- Eve
   Although any amount is forbidden, eating on Yom Kippur is not punishable by a Sanhedrin until one has eaten food equal in volume to the size of a date. Eating pork, on the other hand, is punishable for eating even an olive-sized piece, which is smaller than a date.
6. Mishnah -- Laws
   The Mishnah is the most important collection of the teachings of a group of scholars known as the Tannaim. These teachings had been passed down orally from generation to generation, and constituted much of the collective knowledge, teachings, and laws of the Jewish people at each time. The Tannaim lived between 400 BCE and 200 CE. The most famous Tannaim - and so some of the most prominent names of the Mishnah - include Hillel, Shammai, Gamliel, Akiva, and Yehuda HaNasi. Other collections of the statements of the Tannaim ... exist (such as the Tosefta, Baraitot, and Sifra) but are not included in the Mishnah.
7. Mishnah -- Orders
   For many people... Mishnah study is too difficult to be properly undertaken. The Mishnah's 63 tractates, broken into 6 Orders covering some 525 chapters and 4200 detailed laws, cover subjects as diverse as torts, business ethics, agricultural laws, marital issues, festivals and virtually every subject under the sun. The Mishnah's breadth is so imposing that it is rarely mastered even by scholars who spend many years steeped in its intensive study.
8. Jesus Christ -- Christian Teaching
   The Christian Scientists consider their philosophy to be consistent with the original teachings of Jesus. They consider truth a matter of higher understanding and learning. But the reality is that Christian Science has only produced unbiblical and false doctrines. Eternal destruction is the only thing that will result from its false teaching. The fires of hell will be a bitter reality for those who have been taught that they don’t exist. TOP OF PAGE
9. Hebrew Numerals -- Words
   The process of writing Hebrew words in the Roman (English) alphabet is known as transliteration. Transliteration is more an art than a science, and opinions on the correct way to transliterate words vary widely. This is why the Jewish festival of lights (in Hebrew, Cheit-Nun-Kaf-Hei) is spelled Chanukah, Chanukkah, Hanuka, and many other interesting ways. Each spelling has a legitimate phonetic and orthographic basis; none is right or wrong.
10. Passover
    The first Passover is described in Exodus chapter 12: one lamb was slain for every household and the blood painted onto the lintels and doorposts. This was done in order that the angel of Death would not slay the first-born son of the Jewish households, but only those of Pharoah's people, whom God had warned He would judge. "When I see the blood, I will pass over you" the Lord told the children of Israel (Exodus 12:13). They were to eat the lamb, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, in haste prior to their departure from Egypt. The eating of unleavened bread was to continue for seven days, as their sustenance to exit Egypt and escape Pharoah's slavery. God ordained that the children of Israel would commemorate the Passover every year to remember their deliverance, almost 3,450 years ago.

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