Celebrating Passover

The Bible commands us to celebrate the festival of Passover (Exodus 13:3): "Remember this day when you came out a free nation, from the land of Egypt." The Hebrew word for remember is expressed in a very special way - zachor. There is another zachor: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." These two remembrances are linked together because they demand re-experiencing, a remembering by doing.

In the Ten Commandments, the celebration of the Sabbath is both linked to creation and the Egyptian servitude. In keeping the Sabbath, we are testifying that God is the creator and