Emmy’s Blog

On 4/2/07 I went to my Bubby and Zedy’s house for a Jewish holiday called Passover. At Passover we remember when Moses asked the Pharaoh[Ramses II] to release the Jews, but Ramses II said no. So God put ten plagues upon Egypt and they were that the river turned to blood, frogs covered the land, lice came, flies came, all cattle died, boils upon every man, hail fell, locust came, darkness covered the land for three days and finally every first born was killed. But the Lord spared the Jewish childern by having them put lambs blood above their doors so God would pass over them. Finally the Pharaoh let the Jews go. That is how the first  Passover happend. We eat Matzah which is unraised bread. We eat it because when the Jews were leaving Egypt they didn’t have time to raise their bread so they made Matzah. What my Zedy does is hide some Matzah under a pillow and we had to try and grab it while he isn’t watching.  We also said some prayers in Hebrew and sang “dayanu”. Later I played with my cousin Tyler and talked to my Aunts and Uncles. I was so much fun.

 Matzah                                      Star Of David