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Historical background
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General Introduction
Basic Ideas
Historical Background
Laws and Customs
Sources
Activities
Educational Aims
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This month shall be the first month for you, it is the first of the months of the year for you.
(Exodus 12:1)
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The world was created in Nisan. (Talmud Rosh Hashanah 11)
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Nisan is the month of liberation: in this month our forefathers were liberated, and in this month we are destined to be liberated.
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In this month our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were born.
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On the first of Nisan, the Tabernacle was erected (Exodus 40:2), and in Nisan the heads of the Tribes brought their offerings for the dedication of the altar.
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This month has three names:
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the First Month;
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the Month of Ripened Barley (i.e. the barley harvest);
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Nisan (a Babylonian name).
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The first of Nisan is the New Year for five things: kings, pilgrim festivals, months, leap years and the half-shekel levy.
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The first tricklings of the liberation from Babylon arrived in Nisan, under Ezra and Nehemiah: For the first of Nisan was the beginning of the immigration from Babylonia. (Ezra 7:9)
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Nehemiah also received permission from the King to go to Jerusalem and rebuild the city and its walls on the first of Nisan (Nehemiah 2:1).
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It is the custom in Israel to request kimcha daPascha (donations for Pesach wheatflour) for the poor on the first of Nisan.
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The haftarah of ‘Shabbat Hagadol’, the first Israel had in Egypt, was on the 10th of Nisan.
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On the 10th of Nisan, on the thirty-ninth year after the Exodus, Miriam died, and there was no water for the people (Numbers 20).
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On the 10th of Nisan, Israel first set foot in the Promised Land – Eretz Yisrael (Joshua 4).
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