![]() ![]() READER: In the middle of the night, the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of the cattle. ![]() It contains one miracle after the other, from the burning bush where Moses first encounters God to no less than 10 plagues which God exacts on the Egyptians - plagues of gnats, boils, frogs and finally death. It is also full of religious complexity that defies an easy reading. But the actual text, the biblical story, is less a hero story and more a tale of human nature. TIPPETT: Because of its dramatic detail, complete with a great hero in Moses and a great villain in the Egyptian pharaoh, the Exodus has been interpreted by Disney and Cecil B. UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Why is it that all other nights during the year we eat either bread or matzah but on this night we eat only matzah? Before the meal, the youngest child present is invited to ask four established questions.The questions set a tone of inquiry and wonderment at the Passover story. KRISTA TIPPETT, HOST: Passover begins in a Jewish home with preparations for the Seder, a meal which recalls the ancient Israelites’ liberation from slavery in Egypt. UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Why is this night different from all other nights? ![]()
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