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The Passover (institution)
Passover
also: pészah, Pesach, páska
The Passover (Hebrew: Pesach), the Israelite festival instituted in Exodus 12 to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt; Moses's instructions in Act Two — the lamb, the blood-marked thresholds, eating while standing with a staff — reproduce the biblical institution-narrative closely.
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The Passover (Hebrew: Pesach), the Israelite festival commemorating the Exodus; Moses's instructions about the lamb slaughter, the blood-marked thresholds, and eating while standing with a staff in hand reproduce Exodus 12 closely, and the drama treats this institution-founding moment with particular solemnity.
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