the festival of unleavened bread

  • 1unleavened bread — Made without yeast, and ordered for cereal offerings in the Temple (Lev. 2:4, 11). The theory was that the process of fermentation was a kind of corruption from a previously pure condition (1 Cor. 5:8). During the festival of Unleavened Bread at… …

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  • 2feast of unleavened bread — Usage: usually capitalized F&U&B : an ancient 7 day agricultural feast marked by the offering of new grain to the Lord which began on the 15th day of the 1st month, the day after the 1st day of the Passover, and finally became one continuous… …

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  • 3Feast of the Unleavened Bread — noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt • Syn: ↑Passover, ↑Pesach, ↑Pesah • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 4bread — Barley was generally used for making bread, though wheat was not unknown, and even lentils and beans (Ezek. 4:9) combined with grain. A little of old fermented dough was added to the new mixture as leaven to make it rise. The ‘showbread’ or… …

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  • 5The Last Supper —     The Last Supper     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Last Supper     The meal held by Christ and His disciples on the eve of His Passion at which He instituted the Holy Eucharist.     TIME     The Evangelists and critics generally agree that the …

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  • 6The Exodus — This article is about the events related in the Torah. For other uses, see Exodus (disambiguation). Departure of the Israelites , by David Roberts, 1829 The Exodus (Greek ἔξοδος …

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  • 7Nordic bread culture — has existed in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from prehistoric time through to the present. Contents 1 Prehistoric time (until around 1000 AD) 2 Denmark 2.1 History …

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  • 8Origin of the Eucharist — Main article: Eucharist Christians find the origin of the Eucharist in the Last Supper, at which Jesus established a New Covenant in his body and blood, fulfilling the Mosaic covenant. In this ancient rite or sacrament Christians eat bread and… …

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  • 9PASSOVER — (Heb. פֶּסַח, Pesah), a spring festival, beginning on the 15th day of Nisan, lasting seven days in Israel and eight in the Diaspora. It commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. The first and seventh days (the first two and last two in the Diaspora)… …

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  • 10Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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