5 MYTHS ABOUT PASSOVER

 

Passover program is a derivative program of the usual Friday night gathering of the

 Jews around the world to a Passover seder where the story retelling takes place of

 the Israelite Exodus from Egypt took in the Torah, along with this a lot of wine is also

 consumed and big meal which has similar symbolizing food items. This is hands down

 considered as that Jewish holiday where more than 70 percent of Jews takes place in

 this religiously significant event and later be the part of a seder each year. Given the 

popularity of the Passover and how beloved it is (it may last up to eight days in the 

Diaspora), there will be no surprise when we tell you that there are various doubts, 

myths, and misunderstandings surrounding its history and the practice which is followed. 

Let’s talk about the most popular 5 myths about Passover:

1. NARRATION OF THE HISTORICAL STORY BY THE SEDER REGARDING THE ISRAELITES 

   GOING FROM EGYPT
   
   

Looking at the various religious perspectives from the sides of Jewish as well as 

Christian you can get to know that the story of Exodus is a faithful narration of 

historical fact. To understand that, consider that Jewish literalists, Rabbi Yirmiyahu

 Ullman from Ohr Somayach Orthodox outreach networks stand true with his belief

 regarding the story of Sinai revelation. Although the entire religion tends to be 

predicated towards this mass-revelation and no convincing could ever be made for

 the whole nation in accepting the religion based on such dubious experience that

 never faced by anyone else before. But when the exodus is looked at from the 

reference of the history, it becomes a hotly debated topic amongst most of the

 scholars since there is no such evidence present there to back this fact and despite

 the best efforts of Archaeologists and Egyptologists it was never found where 

a direct connection could be made from the Israelites enslavement or departure 

of any large group of people.

2. JEWISH TRADITION IS THE ONLY WAY OF SEDER
   
   

All thanks to the Torah that we were introduced to the clear out leaven for the

 week of Passover program and consume unleavened bread, slaughter the paschal

 lamb and take it with matzah and bitter herbs and to further make our children

 aware of this story. Apart from this, few more elements in today’s date of Seder 

are evident in the Mishnah and the Talmud, and the introduction to the holiday 

meal is usually spotted around as a process which Jewish and natural. When we 

get in touch with scholars, they’ll let us know that there is an argument regarding 

the Seder being based on the Greco-Roman model of the symposium along with

 many other things which will be familiar sounding to anyone who has been an 

active member of the Passover celebration where it was seen that a banquet is

 framed with an individual appetizer, eating position was reclined, consuming a

 predetermined amount of wine cups, singing the songs of praises and had easy 

access to the questions.

3. JESUS HAD THEIR LAST SUPPER IN THE FORM OF PASSOVER SEDER

It is a story known that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke assert that the

 last supper was there on the first night of Passover. Similarly, most of the 

Christians are attracted to this traditional keen observance; few of the churches 

still hold the Christian seders for putting in the attempt to carry out their religious 

practice of Jesus.

However, this will be an unlike fact that Jesus participated in a Seder. The temple

 which has raised after the first one in Jerusalem had the involvement of eating the

 paschal sacrifice which would be a slaughtered lamb. However, the same temple

 was destroyed several decades after Jesus’ death.

4. THE SEDERS AND THE FOUR QUESTIONS ASKING
   
   

Most of the Jews got to learn the four questions when they were still the kids so

 that it could be learned by heart with a familiar tune. The questions which 

generally rises once the storytelling started of the Exodus are whether they are 

often considered the heart of the service. But on giving a closer look at the

 Haggadah, there is only one main question: “why is this night different from 

all other nights?”

5. PASSOVER PROGRAM IS RESTRICTED TO FEW AVOIDING LIST OF FOODS BY JEWS
   
   

It is well known that the Jewish Law doesn’t allow the consumption of chametz 

at Passover such as food made from wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt which has

 already fermented or risen. This is one of the mainstays in Passover 101 articles. 

What is usually leftovers is the extent of everyday items of chametz and is not 

restricted to the bread, pasta, cookies, cakes, and beer. Few more additions in it 

will be soy sauce along with the wheat or vinegar-based on the wheat or the 

processed foods having a huge range of additives.