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Our<\/span> chapter<\/span><\/a> transpires before the last of the Ten Plagues, the death of the Egyptian firstborn males, and details for the instructions for the First Passover. At the beginning of this narration, God speaks to Moses and Aaron in the Land of Egypt<\/span> saying<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThis month shall be for you the beginning of the months. It shall be the first of the months of the year for you\u201d. This first month of the year is identified in<\/span> the Book of Esther<\/span><\/a> and in later Jewish tradition as the Spring month of<\/span> Nisan<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Midrash Tanhuma Buber<\/span><\/a> preserves a tradition that It was only necessary to write the Torah, basically a Book of Law, from \u201cThis month shall be for you the beginning of the months\u201d, for this is in effect the first actual divine commandment to Israel. So, why does the Torah begin with<\/span> Genesis<\/span><\/a> and all the narrative that follows up to this first commandment? It is to make known God\u2019s mighty power, as indicated by the<\/span> verse<\/span><\/a>: \u201cHe revealed to His people His powerful works, in giving them the heritage of nations\u201d. This midrash is cited by<\/span> Rashi<\/span><\/a>, who adds: \u201cFor should the peoples of the world say to Israel, \u2018You are robbers, because you took by force the lands of the seven nations of Canaan\u2019, Israel may reply to them, \u2018All the earth belongs to the Holy One, blessed be He. He created it and gave it to whom He pleased. When He willed, He gave it to them, and when He willed, He took it from them and gave it to us\u2019\u201d (apparently based on<\/span> Midrash Bereshit Rabbah<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The early rabbinic midrash on Exodus,<\/span> Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael<\/span><\/a>, preserves a nearly \u201ccinematic\u201d depiction of: \u201cThis month shall be for you the beginning of the months\u201d. Rabbi Yishmael says that Moses showed the new moon to Israel and said to them, \u2018This is the way the new moon shall appear and be set for all future generations\u2019. Rabbi Akivah added: This is one of the three things which Moses found hard to comprehend, until God, as it were, pointed out with His finger what He was referring to as indicated by the opening word, \u201cThis \u2013 <\/span>Zeh<\/span><\/i>\u201d. Similarly, we apply the same graphic interpretation of Scripture to:<\/span>
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\u201cThis month shall be for you the first of the months\u201d (verse 2). Rashi famously asks - since this is the very first mitzvah given to the Israelite nation - why was this verse not the first verse of the Torah? Rashi\u2019s answer is that Genesis until now was setting the stage to show that God was the true custodian of the world and therefore could give the Land of Canaan to the Israelites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What Rashi\u2019s answer does not address is why this was the first mitzvah given to the nation. To answer this question, we must go back to Abraham and the covenant of the parts. In chapter 15 of Genesis, God promised Abraham two things. The first is that his descendants would be slaves in a foreign land and the second is that they would be as numerous as the stars in the sky. The connection with the promise that they will be slaves in a foreign land is clear with this chapter. Now, following slavery in Egypt, the Israelites are ready to leave and become a nation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is the connection of the stars? The answer to that is a little bit of astronomy. The new moon, which is the beginning of the month, is when the moon is just a sliver in the sky. Without the bright moonlight, stars shine even brighter. The new moon is usually the best time to do stargazing. Therefore, when God promised Abraham that his descendants, the Israelites, would be as numerous as the stars, it must have happened at the first of the month. This would provide Abraham with the most dramatic effect of the promise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But why stars? By picking the first of the month when the moon is least visible and the stars are shining the brightest, God is also sending a message to the Israelites. For the past year he had been showing them the strength and power of God in order to get them out of Egypt and now they were becoming a nation. God\u2018s message is that sometimes, like with the plagues, God will be the one who shines bright. 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The journey that is narrated in Exodus 12 is one that starts in verse 37 and continues until today. Nothing else in Jewish history has captured the emotions and thoughts of Jews throughout the millennia like the Exodus from Egypt. The Exodus story has been told and retold by Jews throughout the generations. Its drama has emboldened Jews in times of despair, and Jewish leaders have used Exodus themes to stir people out of complacency.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For Jews, \u201cthe Exodus\u201d refers to much more than a specific one-time historical event. Rather, the Exodus is the central and enduring set of concepts, motifs, rituals, and symbols that enable Jews to find meaning in their identity. Jews use the Exodus as a means of self-understanding. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Exodus is the past shaping the present. It is not an event that is merely ancient history, of interest just to antiquarians and historians. The Exodus is the distant past living again in contemporary reality and action. The Exodus may be grounded in the past, but it is experienced in the present. The Exodus becomes the major pattern of history and deliverance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The past transforms present reality. The Exodus creates a meaningful and accessible Jewish past, one that shapes and reshapes how Jews perceive themselves to be \u2013 powerful in times of powerlessness, exalted in times of humiliation, and free in times of oppression. 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In the beginning, God gave us words that blazed at night and turned to ash by morning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cFreedom,\u201d He told us, and we repeated the word by our cooking fires. It was an ember, burning bright within our chests. \u201cRedemption,\u201d He promised, and we whispered His word into each other\u2019s flesh. It was so withered, so very ripe for being saved. \u201cI will take you to Me for a people,\u201d we quoted, and the words were so very warm. \u201cI will redeem you with an outstretched arm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But once the mornings came the nighttime heat had dissipated. \u201cFreedom\u201d paled under the yoke, \u201cRedemption\u201d faded. The whips screamed louder words into our flesh, \u201cSlaves\u201d and \u201cOurs\u201d and \u201cVermin.\u201d. \u201cI will take you to Me for a people,\u201d we reminded ourselves, and tried to take these words into our days of toil. But they slipped through our fists like the sand in the desert. They were a heap of gold bestowed upon a starving man.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Who needs redemption, we thought as we stumbled and suffered and bled. Give us a short respite instead, Oh God Almighty. Grant us a sip of water, an hour\u2019s peace. We won\u2019t survive, you know, with just Your Words to warm us. We won\u2019t live long enough to see Your promised arm, the one You are outstretching, oh-so-slowly, to redeem us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The miracles, when they came, were somewhat better. We dipped our fingers in the bloody Nile, which was for once a source of death for our oppressors, too. \u201cSee,\u201d we told each other, holding dripping hands against the daylight. \u201cIt\u2019s happening. It\u2019s real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Time passed, and the blood dried on our fingers. Water replaced it, our elation died.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But now, God\u2019s words are different.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cKill,\u201d he tells us.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cTake the blood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cStrike the lintel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAnd it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you: What mean ye by this service?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Our children shall ask, and they might well disdain us. They might remember us as men devoid of patience and of faith. \u201cRedemption,\u201d they will say, and will remember glory. They won\u2019t remember starving while God redeemed us bit by bit <\/span><\/p>\r\n

But we don\u2019t mind. Because for once, His promise is concrete enough to stay with us come morning. And so our hands are red again, and we outstretch our arms, and act in daylight. And every stroke is singing: \u201cThis is real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Memories of the Exodus: The First Going Out","tile_main_caption":"\u201cRedemption,\u201d our children will say, and will remember glory. They won\u2019t remember starving while God redeemed us bit by bit","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"12","chapter_main_number":"62","date":"20251124","wall_id":"62"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"403","name":"Redemption","old_id":"803"},{"term_id":"413","name":"Freedom","old_id":"813"},{"term_id":"438","name":"Slavery","old_id":"838"}]},{"order":6,"id":"41071","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Exodus and the Calendar ","post_title":"Exodus and the Calendar","slug":"exodus-and-the-calendar","old_id":"41071","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":33923,"post_title":"Jonathan Sacks","slug":"rabbi-lord-jonathan-sacks","old_id":"33923","first_name":"Jonathan ","last_name":"Sacks","description":"An international religious leader, philosopher, and award-winning author of over 35 books, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks served as the International President of 929.\r\nRabbi Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth years between 1991 and 2013, and was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 2005 and made a Life Peer. Rabbi Sacks passed away on 7th November 2020, aged 72. He was one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of the 20th century, who bridged the religious and secular world through his ground-breaking canon of work.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"short_description":"Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z\"k (1948-2020) was the former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, and the International 929 president.","link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":36222,"alt":"","title":"JSacks","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594.jpg","width":437,"height":548,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594-239x300.jpg","medium-width":239,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-768x448.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":448,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-1024x597.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":597,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594.jpg","1536x1536-width":437,"1536x1536-height":548,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594.jpg","2048x2048-width":437,"2048x2048-height":548,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594.jpg","post_full_size-width":437,"post_full_size-height":548,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/JSacks-e1532858712594-335x420.jpg","home_baner-width":335,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"62","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"The difference between freedom and slavery lies in who controls time","post_main_content_content":"

The command to establish the calendar was first given to the Israelites in Egypt prior to the Exodus: \u201cThis month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you\u201d (Ex. 12:2). This was the first command given to Israel as a people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rabbi Avraham Pam explained this in the following way: the difference between a slave and a free human being does not lie in how long or hard each works. Free people often work long hours doing arduous tasks. The difference lies in who controls time. A slave works until he or she is allowed to stop. A free person decides when to begin and end. Control over time is the essential difference between slavery and freedom. Control over the calendar gave the Israelites the power to determine when the New Moon occurred, and thus when the festivals occur. They were given authority over time. The first command to the Israelites was thus an essential prelude to freedom. It said: learn how to value time and make it holy. \u201cTeach us rightly to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom\u201d (Ps. 90:20).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Art from the Golden Haggadah and Rylands Haggadah and an etching by Marc Chagall all depict the Jewish people's exodus from Egypt. Each artist envisions the scene slightly differently, portraying the setting, characters and what accompanies them in unique ways. The varying depictions reflect different stances on certain aspects of the original story, including the timing of the Exodus and whether the nation left armed for battle.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Chagall's drawing, some of the figures carry sacks or bundles on their backs. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The same is true of the Rylands Haggadah, which also features a figure carrying a bowl.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In contrast, in the Golden Haggadah, the Israelites hold their unbaked dough in their hands. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Did the nation actually hold their matzot in their hands, pack it, or carry it in bowls? Shemot 12:34 says, \u201cSo the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks upon their shoulders.\u201d The meaning of the term \u201cmisharotam<\/em>,\u201d translated here as \u201ctheir kneading bowls,\u201d is unclear. Some suggest that it refers to the bowls in which the dough was left to rise, while others posit that it refers to the leftover matzot eaten on the previous night.<\/p>\r\n

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Adapted from: ALHATORAH.ORG<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For fuller analysis, see: <\/span>http:\/\/alhatorah.org\/The_Exodus_in_Art<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Dawn hovers above the dunes.
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Said God: This marks the first month of the year
\r\nSo every family should take a lamb
\r\nAnd slaughter it mid-month, take blood, and schmear
\r\nAtop the lintel, also the doorjam.<\/p>\r\n

Then roast the lamb; no, do not eat it raw
\r\nEat quickly, gird your loins, prepare to flee
\r\nYou\u2019ll keep this day a festival; with awe
\r\nCalled Passover \u2013 a sacred day to Me.<\/p>\r\n

So Moses told the elders what God said
\r\n\u2018Bout Passover, how someday some years later
\r\nThe kids would ask: \u201cWhy can\u2019t we just eat bread
\r\nInstead of all this matzah at our Seder.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Dear son: For this is Pesach. Please take note--<\/span>
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Ex 12:5-\u201cYour lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Everett Fox translates the word <\/span>tamim<\/span><\/em> as \u201cwholly-sound.\u201d In the note he writes, \u201cOr \u2018hale,\u2019 that is, physically unblemished. This primary physical meaning often gives way to a spiritualized one, in reference to human beings (Job, for instance, is described as <\/span>tamim<\/span><\/em>, variously translated as \u201cblameless\u201d and \u201cperfect\u201d in Job 1:1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Noah is also called <\/span>tamim<\/em> <\/span>(Genesis 6:9), and there Fox translates the word as wholehearted, intending by the use of the word whole to invoke the sense of unblemished, as an animal fit for sacrifice. Abraham, too, is charged by God (Genesis 17:1) to (Fox\u2019s translation again): \u201cWalk in my presence! And be wholehearted\/<\/span>tamim<\/span><\/em>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here, in the context of the Passover offering, in the chapter which contains the first commands by God to the Jewish people, and which Rashi suggests would be the beginning of the Torah, if the Torah were simply a book of laws, I am struck by the resonance of the word <\/span>tamim<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What does it mean to be \u201cwholly-sound\u201d in a spiritual sense?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How might the command to watch over the lamb from the 10th day of the first month until the animal is slaughtered be also understood spiritually?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Should we be striving to be <\/span>tamim<\/span><\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In what ways are Noah, Abraham, and Job, who are called <\/span>tamim<\/span><\/em> also being asked to sacrifice aspects of their own lives and selves to God?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Can we be <\/span>tamim<\/em> <\/span>with God in a way that doesn\u2019t feel as dangerous as this yearling lamb?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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1) The Wise Son<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Passover night, Vilna, 1820<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Aryeh-Leib opens the new <\/span>Haggadah<\/span><\/i> his father has given him,
\r\n<\/span>Inscribed in Hebrew with the family genealogy
\r\n<\/span>And a dedication: \u00a0\u201cFor my son
\r\n<\/span>In hope and prayer.\u201d
\r\n<\/span>Aryeh-Leib traces the letters with his fingers;
\r\n<\/span>The letters seem to him to rise and circle, like flocks
\r\n<\/span>Of \u00a0ravens that carry him to the study-halls of Pumpedita,
\r\n<\/span>Obedient ravens released from arks to search for dry land,
\r\n<\/span>Trustworthy ravens that bring bread and meat to hungry prophets,
\r\n<\/span>And when the boy finally closes the Book,
\r\n<\/span>The ravens, gracious and grateful, return to the Book
\r\n<\/span>To roost.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

2) The Wicked Son<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Passover night, Vienna, 1880<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Albert-Leopold wears his black suit and black tie
\r\n<\/span>This evening, as every evening, as he goes to the ballroom to waltz.
\r\n<\/span>The old <\/span>Haggadah<\/span><\/i> bequeathed by his grandfather is stored away in a closet;
\r\n<\/span>He has no desire to skim through outdated, useless books,
\r\n<\/span>Scribbled with outdated, useless Hebrew letters, as extinct
\r\n<\/span>As flying dinosaurs that once glided in humid skies
\r\n<\/span>Before being consumed in a fire-ball
\r\n<\/span>When a derelict asteroid impacted on the jungle\u2019s surface.
\r\n<\/span>Albert-Leopold waltzes and flirts, drinks beer and dreams of hunting foxes
\r\n<\/span>As the band plays on.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

3) The Simple Son<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Passover night, Tel-Aviv, 1940<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Ari\u2019s family fled Europe,
\r\n<\/span>They managed to take with them several of the old family books.
\r\n<\/span>Having learned Hebrew, Ari sits and opens the yellow-paged Haggadah;
\r\n<\/span>He wakens long dormant words after their winter migration
\r\n<\/span>By chanting them;
\r\n<\/span>For him, the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
\r\n<\/span>As Ari closes his eyes and sings;
\r\n<\/span>Little foxes flee from the vineyards.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

4) The Son Who Does Not Know How To Ask<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Passover night, \u2014 , 2000<\/span><\/p>\r\n

A. sits at the table and stares
\r\n<\/span>At the strange Book in front of him,
\r\n<\/span>Full of questions
\r\n<\/span>But not knowing what and when and who to ask.
\r\n<\/span>The boy doesn\u2019t dare open it, and wonders:
\r\n<\/span>\u201cIf I open the Book, will it become a portal
\r\n<\/span>To a world of black magic,
\r\n<\/span>Where gray dragons clasp me in their talons
\r\n<\/span>As they carry me to their dens?
\r\n<\/span>But what if the Book is a doorway to Paradise
\r\n<\/span>Where angels fly
\r\n<\/span>And reveal the secrets of God\u2019s Throne
\r\n<\/span>To anyone who asks?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The little boy, sighing inaudibly in front of the unopened Book,
\r\n<\/span>Sits patiently, waiting
\r\n<\/span>For answers.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":72191,"alt":"","title":"Jer42-The_Four_Sons","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","width":448,"height":599,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons-224x300.jpg","medium-width":224,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","medium_large-width":448,"medium_large-height":599,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","large-width":448,"large-height":599,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","1536x1536-width":448,"1536x1536-height":599,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","2048x2048-width":448,"2048x2048-height":599,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","post_full_size-width":448,"post_full_size-height":599,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons-314x420.jpg","home_baner-width":314,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"The Four Sons","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Four generations, different questions, different answers ","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":72191,"alt":"","title":"Jer42-The_Four_Sons","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","width":448,"height":599,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons-224x300.jpg","medium-width":224,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","medium_large-width":448,"medium_large-height":599,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","large-width":448,"large-height":599,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","1536x1536-width":448,"1536x1536-height":599,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","2048x2048-width":448,"2048x2048-height":599,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons.jpg","post_full_size-width":448,"post_full_size-height":599,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Jer42-The_Four_Sons-314x420.jpg","home_baner-width":314,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Exodus","chapter":"12","chapter_main_number":"62","date":"20251124","wall_id":"62"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"362","name":"Poetry","old_id":"762"},{"term_id":"597","name":"Pesach","old_id":"997"}]},{"order":13,"id":"41636","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Passover Sacrifice in Art ","post_title":"The Passover Sacrifice in Art","slug":"the-passover-sacrifice-in-art","old_id":"41636","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":37927,"post_title":"Adapted from ALHATORAH.ORG","slug":"alhatorah-org","old_id":"37927","first_name":"Adapted from","last_name":"ALHATORAH.ORG","description":"ALHATORAH.ORG is a one-stop Tanakh study resource, providing the texts, tools, techniques, and technology to help scholars, educators, and laypersons make Torah come alive in the home, classroom, and synagogue. 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Both the \"Angel of Death\" drawing from <\/span>Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us<\/span><\/i> and \u201cThe First Passover\u201d by William Henry Margetson, depict the rites of the Passover sacrifice . Each image focuses on a different part of the process, either the sacrifice itself, the smearing of its blood, or the passing-by of the destroying angel. The artists' varying renditions raise questions regarding the purpose of the blood, the nature of the offering, and the identity of \"the destroyer.\" <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

In the illustration entitled \"Angel of Death\", the destroying angel appears to be the intended audience for the blood smeared on the doorposts.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

In Margetson's image, in contrast, it is the Egyptians who look at the bloodied doorpost.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

According to the Biblical text, who was intended to see the blood? In Exodus 12:13, God<\/span> says, \u201cwhen I see the blood I will pass over you, so that no plague will destroy you\u201d -- \u00a0suggestin<\/span>g that the blood is for God Himself, so He can prevent the destroyer from harming the Israelites. This, though, raises the question \u2013 could not God have saved the nation without the sign of blood? Some commentators,<\/span> therefore, assert that the blood was actually a sign for the Egyptians to view, to prove to them the worthlessness of their gods. Alternatively, the blood was a sign for the Israelites themselves (\u201cAnd the blood shall be a sign for <\/span>you<\/b>\u201d), as they rejected idolatry and proved their loyalty to God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n

Adapted from: ALHATORAH.ORG<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Tonight it happens. The plague of the firstborn and the Exodus from Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Uniquely, in the same breath in which we're told what's happening in Egypt as if in real time, we're taught how to remember this night for generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What is happening in Egypt?<\/b><\/p>\r\n

The Passover offering (12:1-13 and 12:21-28), the plague of the firstborn (12:29-33) and the Exodus from Egypt (12:34-42).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Passover offering<\/b> - A family offering. On the tenth of Nisan (the first month) a lamb is set aside which is to be slaughtered on the 14th of Nisan at dusk. The blood of the sacrificial lamb is to be used to mark the doorposts and lintel of the house. This marking will distinguish the Israelites' houses from the Egyptians', protecting them from the slaughterer who will come to kill the Egyptians' firstborn males.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The sacrifice itself is to be eaten \"with Matzot and bitter herbs\" (12:8. Remind you of anything?) and in a unique milieu: \"with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste\" (12:11).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The plague of the firstborn<\/b> - Just as Pharaoh was warned (we told you so...), \"and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne to the firstborn of the handmaiden behind the grinding mill and all the firstborn of cattle... And there shall be a great cry throughout the land of Egypt\" (12:29-30).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Exodus from Egypt<\/b> - Quickly. Everyone. Get out. With all your flocks and herds. With the vessels you borrowed from the Egyptians. And... with the dough that didn't have time to rise, which was baked into Matzah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And the journey begins.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How do we remember this for generations to come?<\/b><\/p>\r\n

In the next chapter (and in various other places in the Torah) we'll encounter a variety of other mnemonic techniques. The first, which is found in this chapter, is <\/span>the Festival of the Matzot<\/b> - seven days. No leaven may be eaten (12:14-20). And the <\/span>Passover offering<\/b> - an annual sacrifice offered on the 14th of Nisan by circumcised males only (12:43-49).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    \r\n\t
  1. The first of the months<\/b>. The Hebrew (Biblical) calendar is determined almost incidentally - \"This month will be the first month of the year for you\" (12:2). The Biblical year begins with the month of the Exodus.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. A sign of deliverance<\/b>. The distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites was a recurring motif throughout the plagues. What's new here is that in the plague of the firstborn this distinction isn't automatic - the people had to do something. Slaughter a lamb. Mark their houses. By doing so, saying: I belong to this people. And being rescued from the plague.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. And I will pass over you<\/b>. This is the source and the meaning of the Passover offering - \"and I will see the blood and I will pass over you and there will be no plague upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt\" (12:13).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. A night to remember<\/b>. The special night of the Exodus is called \"a night to remember.\" Who remembers? Both God and the Israelites: \"The Lord's night to remember taking them out of the land of Egypt... a night for all Israelites to remember throughout the generations\" (12:42).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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