Posted by 10derHeart on April 9, 2009, at 12:41:03
In reply to Re: Happy Pesach! next year in Israel!! » zenhussy, posted by Phillipa on April 9, 2009, at 12:21:07
For Jews, this is the first day of Passover = Pesach. Commemorating and celebrating God's bringing the People out of exile in Egypt (Exodus). That's what zen was referring to...and the expression...I'm not sure this will come out right, is a traditional greeting/a prayer, if you will, over the years that could be literal or figurative. As in, Jews living in the diaspora expressing the desire to actually BE in their own homeland by the next Passover. Or, the idea of Israel representing an ideal - being "free", not enslaved by the next year, i.e., free to worship and live as Jews...somewhere...
Sorry if that was clumsy. I am not Jewish. I studied Judaism for nearly 5 years straight about 10 years ago, as I was seriously considering converting, but later found that was not the path for me. So I could be so awfully rusty, and don't mind being corrected...at all...:-)
Google Pesach or passover seder, or anything like that and I'm sure there are still many good sites for Jews and non-Jews alike to learn about this most important holiday...
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