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Easter in 2023 - April 16

Easter is a celebration of victory over death. The word "Passover" comes from the Hebrew "Pesach", which means "to step over" or "to pass", "to pass by". The homes of the Jews before their exodus from Egypt were bypassed by a great calamity - the death of the firstborn. The doorposts in their house were stained with the blood of lambs. Families of slaves, Jews, were not affected. Before the exodus from Egypt, the Jews had a farewell meal and went to the Promised Land, the land that God had promised them. They crossed the swamps, quicksands of the Red Sea coast and ended up in the desert. Pharaoh's chariots, on which the Egyptians tried to catch up with the slaves, drowned in the sea. Since then, in memory of this event, Jews have cooked lamb with bitter herbs in honor of the Passover holiday.

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