For
hundreds of years, the Jews were slaves in Egypt. They worked very hard
and were treated very cruelly, until one day, Moshe came along. Although
he was born to a Jewish family, he was raised as an Egyptian prince and
knew exactly how to speak to the Pharaoh and his advisers. “Let my
people go!” he demanded, but the Egyptians wouldn’t listen. It took
ten plagues, before Pharaoh finally begged Moshe to take the Jews out of
Egypt. During these plagues, the Jews were spared - God passed over them
and punished only the Egyptians. In Hebrew the word for passing over is pesach,
and the holiday that celebrates how God passed over the Jews is called
Pesach.
For
hundreds of years, the Jews were slaves in Egypt. They worked very hard
and were treated very cruelly, until one day, Moshe came along. Although
he was born to a Jewish family, he was raised as an Egyptian prince and
knew exactly how to speak to the Pharaoh and his advisers. “Let my
people go!” he demanded, but the Egyptians wouldn’t listen. It took
ten plagues, before Pharaoh finally begged Moshe to take the Jews out of
Egypt. During these plagues, the Jews were spared - God passed over them
and punished only the Egyptians. In Hebrew the word for passing over is pesach,
and the holiday that celebrates how God passed over the Jews is called
Pesach.