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Pasch
the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Christian holiday of Easter. In antiquity, nomadic Semitic tribes celebrated Pasch in connection with the spring calving. After the tribes made the transition to a settled way of life and to agriculture in the 13th and 12th centuries B.C., Pasch became an agrarian holiday marking the start of the harvest. The custom developed of preparing unleavened, flat cakes (matzoth) from the first harvested grain. As the cult of Jahweh grew, Pasch came to be celebrated in memory of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Later, Pasch was linked with the awaiting of the messiah. In Christianity, the celebration of Pasch took on new meaning and was linked with myths about the redeeming power of the sufferings of Christ and about his death and resurrection. Originally, the Jewish and Christian Pasches coincided. However, in A.D. 325 an ecumenical council of the Christian church adopted a resolution that Easter be celebrated on the first Sunday one week after the Jewish Passover. This may be any date in the period from April 4 to May 8. Like other religious holidays, the celebration of Pasch is a means of exerting religious influence on the masses and strengthening religious ideology. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | A name for Easter, therefore, is Pasch, in various spellings, and churches throughout the East and West celebrate Easter as a major feast ranking with Christmas, witness "the hot cross bun" or boon distributed among the faithful. Mike Pritchard, the former Rancho High star who had a nice NFL career with the Falcons, was trying to break into broadcasting then, so Shelton invited him out to Lake Las Vegas to play golf with Pasch and the others. Endorsements include the following: State Senate: Senate District 10 Alison Page * Senate District 8 Sheldon Wasserman State Assembly: Assembly District 62 Cory Mason Assembly District 22 Sandy Pasch * Assembly District 47 Trish O'Neil * Assembly District 80 Kris Wisnefske * Assembly District 90 LuAnn Weix * "This is an exciting time for Wisconsin citizens who are concerned about healthcare. |
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