Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-10
The Jewish Passover.

This great annual festival Of Tue Jews com.
menced on The ID inst, and ends on to.moTfow,-
The flrst two, and last Two days Of The Passover,
ate regarded os loIy days. We copy the follow.
Inc remarks from lie New York lletald Of The Sd,
explanatory Of this (estiTol;
"YesIe:jay, at SHUTDOWN. one Of lie three gteaI
annual festivals Of The JgwS-.tl tie PaSSOvet--c com
menceJ, il Geing In their chronology tie IAN DAY
OF the month Ahilb OF NiSar. his celsOtalloll
was originally established 10 commemorate uo1S
favor 10 his chosen people, In spaGlhs lItIf CUT
den when he slew tile IIFst born Of bsylh, Us re-
lated IN tie l2tl chapter VI Exodus. The CeEe'
monies Observed IN aicieuI Judea were as follows;
A lamb OF kid, of The fist yeat, without spot or
Llenish, was selected by each household anu
kent from the tenth day OF tie mouth 10 tile TOUT
teenlh when Il wos killed In the evening, ronSteJ
and eaten with untayeIeIl bread aud hitler herbs
All that wos mol eaten was bntne', II belnS DEEM
pd unclean to eat Il after The first night OF lhe Sa'
ciifce. Tie feast was 10 be Calen IN luFtE 'lIe
eaters standing in tie pasture OF lEaveleI$, WIN
lhrr lOns erl aud slaves IN hanh ready lOFn JouE.
ney. Tie lnInb thus slain was called iiIt paSclih
lamb, and lis blood was SpEinkIed OH The Iln'eiS
md toolposts. This was 10 distinguish llIe'i, III
tie original institution, from ltIe houses OF Tue
Erypt1ns, so that when The destroying angel pass
ed over The land, tlOt lie might mol larry " UIe
houses OF the chosen people,
The modern Jews as general Thing observe Tie
same ceremonies aS thtir ancestors, with tue eS'
ceptIon Of sacrificing the paSChal lamb; that las
no le.D ,lUIc slice tlIe destruction OF Tue Temple
al JetuSamen,by Titus where alone sacrifices ate
uccen,cd; The ceremonies last eight daiGi the lFSl
two cOmmenOEatlng the going lOtIl iiOih hS!p'
and the last two, tie pusSa Of tie Red Sea, ule
deemed especially holy, und services Nre held III
NIL The sytIasOgueS. On The first day PORTIONS OF
the PenIuteuch ate lead, nllct which tue liIhI'y
po,lake UT Il banquet ~ which the pDOTsSI uOI'IeS'
iic is invited USil al The board, Typical Ol the gen.
ersl freedom bestowed On all. The feast consists
of niece Of lamb, 10 represent the SacTIiicla'
lamb; unleaverql Ltcad, Uiltci hrIbS, aud lHcu.
liar kind Of musiaI1, having The nppGaInnce OF
mortar, 10 remind them Of The bIIcS'IhnElIls III
Esynl. lhefe is an old Jewish lIadil!oh Ilial l'e'
yialun. the lIehenlolh aud The HI2, (wlaI queer
unHe,) nr1 10 be the fund Oi The HIrci III another
slate NJ beuyj aud, accordingly, 10 iypliy lh'S
celestial prOveI,Isr, small fishes ate eaIeh 10 rep:
resent The fist named, meal iiG SecO aud Inld
boiled egg the third. This, however, lSdOne only
in s1rne families. during the eight days, nuihIII.
leavcned is pattakcn-nelthet Tread, S,rIItS VI
beer.
This yeor owing TO The restitution prevailing
omuug the nuurf classes VI Hebrews IN this city,
uver 10, 0O0 pounds Of unlGayrnet passover CAKE,
or us il Is termed mnIzOth, las been distributed
amongst them by Tie different Jewish cOIlErcLa
tons.
The remarkable tenactiy with which The Jews
cling To these old ceremonies Is indeed surprising.
Whether IN America OF IN Europe, by the banks
Of lie ViSulu, or lie tianges, thSSrNnse race still
| IememblF.
SLOWS brook, that flows
Fat by the UrarleS 81 GOd.
Aud 10 day, as Of yOre, The Hebrew turns his
face towards The East, andJreamS oil sweet Judrn,
once The home Of his fathers, which he TayS may
Yet again become the heritage Of his cintlen.- -
SeIal.