A Remembrance of Freedom from Slavery

Moshon, a 35-year-old Orangutan munches on Matza, the unleavened cracker-like bread that observant Jews eat during the upcoming festival of Pesach (Passover), as the Safari Park prepares to serve the animals only Kosher Pesach (Passover) foods during the holiday on 14 April 2008 in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv.

The weeklong festival, which begins on 19 April, commemorates a plague by G-d upon all the inhabitants of Egypt as described in the book of Exodus 12.

When, according to the Torah, G-d commanded that no leavened bread would be in any house on the night when the wrath of G-d swept through Egypt and killed all the first born of every living creature that was not protected by lamb’s blood upon the door mantels, as G-d had commanded Moses.

According Jewish tradition, This last plague caused Pharaoh in the middle of the night, to summon Moses and Aaron to request that the Jews and there possessions in Egypt were to leave, because Pharaoh felt if they stayed any longer all would be dead.

What many do not realize, is all slaves where set free that night, not just the Jewish people, for the slaves, where from many nationalities; even Arab Palestinians.

The idea of no leaven is that the yeast inside that makes the bread rise is the symbol of sin and no sin should be 'among them' during the Pesach (Passover).

The lesson’s from this time, that no person had the right to be a dictator to put other‘s in bondage, as well as a person is not to be filled with sin and idolatry, but instead to have all faith in G-d alone. As for governments, they should only be entrusted to fit persons who only judge with justice by G-d's commands.