Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever (Psalm 136:1). Tonight at sundown, I will give up leavened bread and eat Matzah for a week when the observance of Passover (Pesach) begins. I will do this for several reasons. As a woman with a fully Jewish paternal grandmother, I believe I am required to…
On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” (Mark 14:12, NIV) Passover began last night and is a week-long celebration commemorating the Hebrews’ liberation from…
I’m about to give up something I love very much—bread. I judge a restaurant by its bread, I love cinnamon rolls and hot sandwiches. However, Passover starts tonight at Sundown and ever since 2020, I’ve been fasting from bread at Passover. Why? I am a woman who had a Jewish father and G-d brought me…