- Passover sacrifice
- sacrifice offered for the Passover holiday during the time of the Jewish temple and symbolized by the lamb bone during the Seder ritual
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Passover sacrifice
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SACRIFICE — IN THE BIBLE In the Bible various verbs are used to designate the act of sacrifice. Two of them, שחט and טבח, are used for the slaughter of animals for both secular (cf. Gen. 43:16; Num. 11:22) and sacred purposes, while the verbs זבח (hence the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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