We are excited to Celebrate Easter this week along with the Passover!
This Wednesday evening will be the official beginning of Passover. This week will be the same evening that Christ Celebrated Passover with His Disciples, and also which the families of Israel would have eaten their Seder dinners together. Then, when the High Priest made a Passover sacrifice at the Tabernacle, we celebrate Christ's atoning sacrifice for cleansing all iniquity as Good Friday.
As you tell the stories of Jesus this upcoming week, maybe you'd like to gather your families also on Thursday evening to have a simple Passover meal? Maybe you'd like to tell the stories of when Moses lead the House of Israel out of Bondage?
I'd love to offer you a page from our "Mother & Child" resources first edition Hebraic Principles of Creation Guidebook. It can be a simple way to Celebrate a Passover offering with suggestions to gather the 7 foods and tell a few stories.
Download and print that here:
Read more on this post sharing further on these things.
A Story about the High Priest
Watch this Story of the Levite Tribe and how they carried the burden until "the middle of times" when Christ, the High Priest, went into to the "Tabernacle" and cleansed the iniquity of all.
Why Celebrate Passover today? What do these events point to?
All of this becomes special when we can remember that we are the same people as the people Moses led out of Egypt, in todays context, in our various lands of Inheritance. Even more special is the great Passover Sacrifice of the Great High Priest God sent to cleanse all from the generations of Iniquity, then to take up New Life! Christ's atoning sacrifice, death and Resurrection bring us so much hope for today as in the days of Israel's bondage in Egypt.
To remember the sacredness of these events some greet each other with a reminder-- He is Risen! My husband has been teaching this greeting to our congregation. see the handout he shared below.
While my oldest child was volunteering in Russia, they also greeted each other with this "He is Risen" salutation. This is what he shared.
There are lots of different recipes for this Russian Easter Cakes like here or here.
A New Gratitude Celebration Resource
My husband created a new "Deyanu" page to recite together during this Holy Feast. What is this word? It is a Hebrew word meaning "It will Be Enough."
This doc shares the words used during that days recitation along with the English. Think of how you can apply it to our life today and make up your own stanzas. I'll definitely be adding new ones that apply to us!
Happy Pesach and Spring Holy Feast Days to you!
Shalom! (May Peace be with you)! He is Risen!!