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Begins at sunset on April 18, 2011 Tonight Jews around the world celebrate Passover. The origin and the name of Passover goes back to the Egyptian days, when the Jews were slaves in Egypt. According to the second book of the Torah, Exodus, God unleashed ten plagues upon Pharaoh and his people in an attempt to convince Pharaoh to emancipate the Hebrews. Or as the late great Charlton Heston said, to “let my people go.” The last …Read more Where we last left off, six plagues had devastated Egypt, dealing mainly with water, animals, and disease. The third of the three plague trilogies moves to the meteorological arena and has its most damaging effects on agriculture: #7: Hailstorm of fire. Described as fiery hail in the Bible, it’s also interpreted to mean lightning and hail. This hailstorm which was said to be so violent it would kill any person or animal left outdoors. The Bible makes an unusual parenthetical …Read more |
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