Christ in the Passover

UPDATE: Additional tickets now available! In honor of Passover, the Jewish Ministries Club is sponsoring a Seder, a night of music, testimony, banquet, and education; Wednesday April 23 at 7p in the Cafe Banquet Room.

The service will feature a traditional menu: Gefilte Fish, Matzah Ball Soup, Koresh (Sephardic Brisket), Chicken & Mushroom in Grape Sauce, Beef Stuffed Cabbage, Matzah Apple & Raisin Kugel, Macaroons, and Chocolate Pesach Torte. Given the educational and spiritual significance of this observance, chapel credit will be granted to all students attending.

Passover is probably the best known of the Jewish holidays, mostly because it ties in with Christian history (the Last Supper was apparently a Passover seder), and because many of its observances have Messianic significance.

Passover begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan (this year, April 19). It is the first of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance. The primary observances of Passover are related to the Exodus from Egypt after 400 years of slavery. This story is told in Exodus, Ch. 1-15. Many of the Passover observances are instituted in Chs. 12-15.

The name "Passover" refers to the fact that God "passed over" the houses of the Jews when he was slaying the firstborn of Egypt. In Hebrew, it is known as Pesach (that "ch" is pronounced as in the Scottish "loch"), which is based on the Hebrew root meaning "pass over."

Tickets are selling out fast and will not be available at the door. Due to demand, an additional 24 spots have been opened up, but are going fast. Ticket cost is $10 for students, and $23 per faculty member and $10 for faculty children.

Payment (cash or check to Biola) can be sent to Box 883 or email Karen R. Myers on Bubbs; tickets can be picked up at Will Call the night of the Seder.