Non­fic­tion

What Every Chris­t­ian Needs to Know About Passover: What It Is And Why It Matters

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May 18, 2015

For mil­len­nia, the Passover cel­e­bra­tion has held so much mean­ing for Jews, but oth­er faiths are just begin­ning to grasp its depth and sig­nif­i­cance. Nev­er­the­less, some fun­da­men­tal ques­tions about the cel­e­bra­tion are still debat­ed. Why should such an ancient cus­tom mat­ter to oth­er faiths? What is the prop­er way of observ­ing this day? How can Jews and Chris­tians work togeth­er to hon­or this occa­sion? Pop­u­lar speak­er and reli­gious writer Rab­bi Evan Moff­ic now seeks to answer these and oth­er essen­tial ques­tions about the Passover. Rab­bi Moff­ic begins with the Jew­ish his­to­ry and the Hebrew Bible to demon­strate how these form the root of Chris­tian­i­ty. He explores the Jew­ish Passover Seder and explains how to inte­grate it into oth­er faith’s reli­gious cel­e­bra­tions, includ­ing East­er. He presents inspi­ra­tion and wis­dom of the Hebrew Scrip­tures, and offers under­stand­ing and appre­ci­a­tion of the cul­ture in which Jesus lived. By weav­ing togeth­er the­ol­o­gy, his­to­ry, Jew­ish prac­tices and cus­toms, and Chris­tian­i­ty, Rab­bi Moff­ic explores the rad­i­cal claim that one meal — one momen­tous meal — can in fact change your life.

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