How did Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt influence teh culture and traditions among the Hebrew people?
Lots of things. THe entire Passover is a commemoration of The Jewish Nation being born as a culture, as a baby goes forth in birth, from its mother, to freedom, to life. THe Holiday of Receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai (Shavuot) is only because we had to go through slavery and then redemption to receive the Torah. The entire Holiday of Succot is because we were freed from Slavery in Egypt. Its also a clear and direct commemoration of our Exodus from Egypt. We eat Matzah at Passover because it is unleavened bread which commemorates leaving Egypt because when the Jewish Nation got up to leave they made provisions quickly and didn’t have time to let their bread rise, so they were eating matzah then as well. Jewish people are forbidden from settling or going back to Egypt today. The Maharal (a Torah Scholar from the 1500’s) said that the Jewish Nation was “Cultivating” within Eygpt for 210 years. THey were enslaved for around 100 years, which basically set the character the Jewish Nation wo
