Jewish Passover Research Paper

The purpose of this five page paper is to study and create a passover meal to evaluate the development of the tradition of Passover from the Old testament to modern times. As an individual, my job is to create a group with family, neighbors or even teammates and I will organize a meal using the book called The Family Haggadah. This book is an important part of the meal because my family will recite the elements in the book. After my meal has ended I will then write a paper about the OT passover that will give a very descriptive picture of the Passover, The Jewish Passover where I will then write about my meal and what I learned throughout this process, the Christian Eucharist where I will read Matthew in the bible and talk about why Jesus choose the Passover as his last supper, and lastI will then talk about how the Passover developed. This paper will give me an idea of what is like to plan a meal and to really dig deep into my thoughts of the group.
OT PASSOVER (1 1/2 pages) Passover is one of the oldest festivals in the world that falls in spring that is in the first month of the Hebrew year known as the Nisan. On the fourteenth day of the month, during dusk households slaughters a lamb or goat that is selected four days earlier. After they slaughter the animal they then smear its blood on the doorposts. (Gaster,13) After they slaughter then at …show more content…
Jesus would not eat any type of the meal, he stated, “I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you is taken as the expression of a desire that was not fulfillable.” (Marshall, 81) The Last Supper was a passover meal in which the accent shifted from remembering the past to the anticipation of the future. (Marshall, 80) When we talk about the importance of the meal, Jesus identified the unleavened break and cup as part of his body and blood, the blood is the heart and the bread is the