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Educational aims
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General Introduction
Basic Ideas
Historical Background
Laws and Customs
Sources
Activities
Educational Aims
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Pupils should appreciate the place and importance of Pesach in the Jewish Festivals in general and among the Pilgrim Festivals in particular.
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The First Festival that Israel kept is Pesach.
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Pupils should appreciate the connection between Pesach and Shavout - physical liberation and spiritual liberation.
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Pesach celebrates the birth of the people of Israel, and Shavout celebrates God's choice of Israel as a special people.
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Slavery in Egypt - the first exile.
The Exodus from Egypt - the first liberation.
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In every generation each person is to consider himself as having left Egypt personally.
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On Pesach we praise and thank God through:
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(a) relating the story of the Exodus.
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(b) observing the mitsvot of Pesach.
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Pesach is testimony to God's rule, control and supervision of the world in general and Israel in particular.
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