Thursday, April 29, 2010

Samaritan Passover sacrifices

SAMARITAN PASSOVER SACRIFICES:
Samaritans Perform Passover Sacrifices

by Malkah Fleisher

On Wednesday, a small and ancient community in the Samaria region performed a Passover offering just as it has done for over two thousand years.

Israel's small Samaritan community gathered, as it does annually, to offer sacrifices on Mount Gerizim, overlooking Shechem. Heads of Samaritan households slaughtered 35 sheep that were offered in a way very similar to that prescribed in the Torah, for sacrifices at the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

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Coverage last year is here.