What is Pesach?
Hebrew slaves in Egypt, their struggle for freedom,and their eventual escape. “The Ten Commandments” tells many stories from the Book of Exodus including that of Pesach or Passover. To tell the story of Pesach one must first digress a bit back to the time of Moses’ birth. Afraid that her son would be killed Moses was placed in a basket and placed in the Nile where he was found by Pharaoh’s wife and raised as her own. Adult Moses saw a slave driver treating one of the Hebrew slaves harshly and stepped in to aid the slave. Moses accidentally killed the slave driver and fled. While in the desert Moses was told that he must return to Egypt and free the slaves. Not quite sure he could stand up to the task Moses reluctantly returned to plead with Pharaoh to free the slaves. A battle of will ensued. Moses proclaimed that 10 plagues would come down upon Pharaoh and his people if Pharaoh did not free the slaves. The last of these plagues was the death of the first born. In order to ensure no He
