John Eight Thirty Two
• May. 16, 2009 - The Passover Lamb
For some reason or another I am not able to upload any more photos this evening. Maybe I have reached my graphic quota??
I wanted to show you a photo of our Passover meal with the lamb, bitter herbs and unleavened bread. We ate really quickly, we did not sit around the table, we did not dress up fancy and we all wore sandals. We do a lot of entertaining but this was different than our usual meals. We had no ceremony and after we had eaten, we moved away from the food. We then sat around reading from Leviticus 23 and Exodus 12. There were lots of questions and answers and fun!
Exodus 12: 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.
8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire—head, legs and inner parts. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. |
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• May. 16, 2009 - Preparing for Passover continued
So, for 8 days, to comply with Rabbinic (as opposed to Biblical) Law, the shop keepers cover up things that might be considered 'leaven'.
 Some sweets,
 some beans,
 all the rice and pasta,
 and things containing vinegar.
Just out of interest, one can still buy leavening agents throughout the whole week but it is impossible to buy wheat products of any kind as well as any products made from barley, spelt, oats and rye. The Rabbis have ruled that only matzah and matzah flour is to be used during this week. Matzah is made with wheat (makes no sense) and made in accordance with Rabbinic rules, not Biblical ones. God has no problem with food that rises or swells and does not have an issue with bubbles in unleavened bread.
Exodus 12:15
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:6 On the fifteenth day of that month the LORD's Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.
Psalm 19:
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous.
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.
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