In our mouths and in our hearts: Day 34
(Introduction.)
Today: Pesach! The old-school way.
406. “The fat of my festival offering shall not be left lying until morning.” (Exodus 23:18) = don’t leave the cheilev (fat that is not eaten but is offered on the altar), etc., of the pesach lamb overnight (rather, offer them on the altar before that)
407. “They shall offer it in the 2nd month, on the 14th day of the month, at twilight.” (Numbers 9:11) = the “pesach sheini” (second pesach), one month later, for those who weren’t able to offer the pesach at the proper time
408. “They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs.” (Exodus 12:8) = the regular (first) pesach, on the 15th of Nisan
409. “They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.” (Numbers 9:11) = the pesach sheini
410. “Do not eat any of it raw, or cooked in any way with water.” (Exodus 12:9) = the pesach
411. “You shall not take any of the flesh outside the house.” (Exodus 12:46) = the flesh of the pesach shouldn’t leave the “chavurah” (group of people) who is eating it
412. “No foreigner shall eat of it.” (Exodus 12:43) = an apostate may not eat the pesach
413. “No resident or laborer shall eat of it.” (Exodus 12:45) = a non-Jew living in the Jewish community who isn’t Jewish yet may not eat the pesach
414. “No uncircumcised man may eat of it.” (Exodus 12:48) = the pesach
415. “You shall not break a bone of it.” (Exodus 12:46) = the pesach
416. “They shall not break a bone of it.” (Numbers 9:12) = the pesach sheini
417. “You shall not leave any of it over until morning.” (Exodus 12:10) = the pesach
418. “They shall not leave any of it over until morning.” (Numbers 9:12) = the pesach sheini
419. “None of the flesh of what you slaughter on the evening of the first day shall be left until morning.” (Deuteronomy 16:4) = the flesh of the “chagigat 14” (the extra animals offered on the 14th of Nisan and eaten at the seder, since one lamb on its own isn’t so filling when split among many people) shouldn’t be left over until the third day (the 16th of Nisan)
420. “Three times a year — on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Shavuot, and the Feast of Sukkot — all your males shall appear before Adonai your God in the place that God will choose.” (Deuteronomy 16:16)