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Celebration Lesson 6

Religious Studies

Celebration

Area of study: Festivals: Introduction

Key learning questions: What are some of the religious festivals? What is the purpose of religious festivals? How are some of these purposes shown in the Jewish festival of Pesach?

How many different religious festivals can you think of? Are you able to say what any of the festivals are about?

Rama & Sita (Hindu festival

of Divali)

Hanukkah (Jewish festival

of light)

The Khalsa (Sikh festival of Vaisakhi)

Click below to find out more about the stories that are told during some other religious festivals from the British Library website

Religions often have a number of festivals marking important events in the religion’s history (such as Christmas remembering the birth of Jesus) or as opportunity to reflect on an aspect of life (e.g. such as forgiveness, making a new start etc.)

Use the BBCmul,-faith calendar (or other sources) to find outthereligion,dates,andmeaningofthefes,valsbelow.Fillinthecalendaraccordingtowhenthefes,valstakeplace.

Easter

Pesach(Passover)

RoshHashanah

AshWednesday

Holi

Wesak

BodhiDay

ParinirvanaDay

AdventSunday

Diwali

Navaratri

YomKippur

Hannukah

Asala(DharmaDay)

Pentecost-Whitsun

MakarSankrant

Al-hijira

Eid-Ul-Fitr Hajj(startof)

Eid-Ul-Adha

BirthdayofGuruNanak

Vaisakhi

Celebration

BirthdayofGuruGobindSingh

Use the BBCmul,-faith calendar (or other sources) to find outthereligion,dates,andmeaningofthefes,valsbelow.Fillinthecalendaraccordingtowhenthefes,valstakeplace.

Easter

Pesach(Passover)

RoshHashanah

AshWednesday

Holi

Wesak

BodhiDay

ParinirvanaDay

AdventSunday

Diwali

Navaratri

YomKippur

Hannukah

Asala(DharmaDay)

Pentecost-Whitsun

MakarSankrant

Al-hijira

Eid-Ul-Fitr Hajj(startof)

Eid-Ul-Adha

BirthdayofGuruNanak

Vaisakhi

BirthdayofGuruGobindSingh

Birthordeathofareligiousfounder

Anewyearorbeginning

Animportanteventinthereligion'shistory

A,meforrepentanceandaskingforforgiveness

Canyounowgroupthefes1valsaccordingtothefollowingcategories?

The Jewish Festival of

PESACH

Pesach is one of the most important Jewish festivals and takes place in the spring.

Pesach is also sometimes known as “Passover”

The festival lasts for eight days

The exact date of the festival changes each year according to the moon.

Pesach remembers the story of the Exodus – the time when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt…

…and God sent 10 plagues on the Egyptians

The last plague was the death of the first born son of each Egyptian family

To protect themselves from this plague, the Israelites had to kill a lamb…

…and paint its blood above the doorways of their houses.

Then the Angel of Death would know to ‘pass over’ their house

Moses parted the Red Sea...

…and led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the wilderness.

These events are remembered during Pesach and read from the Hagadah book during the first meal of Pesach.

This meal is called the Seder meal, and each item of food on the Seder plate has an important meaning.

For example, bread without yeast is eaten to remind Jews that the Israelites left Egypt in a hurry…

…and had no time to take yeast with them for their cooking.

The youngest member of the family will ask why they are eating these items and the oldest member will explain the reason.

Before the festival begins, families will spring clean their houses…

…all leaven (yeast) is removed from the house and it is not used in any cooking during the festival…

…and on the first and last day of Pesach no work is permitted.

Pesach is a time to thank God for using his power to save the Israelites.

(1) Pesach takes place during which season?

(2) How long does the Pesach festival last?

(3) The Pesach festival celebrates…

4) During the last plague, what did the Israelites have to kill?

(5) Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

(6) Which book is read during the first Pesach meal?

(7) What is the name of the first Pesach meal?

(8) What does the youngest member of the family do during the meal?

(9) What is done to the house before Pesach begins?

(10) What item is not used in cooking during the Pesach festival?

(11) Work is not permitted during which days of the Pesach festival?

See what you can remember about Pesach with this quiz


[ a ] spring [ b ] summer [ c ] autumn [ d ] winter


[ a ] 5 days [ b ] 6 days [ c ] 8 days [ d ] 9 days


[ a ] the moon [ b ] the new year [ c ] the Exodus [ d ] harvest


[ a ] the Pharaoh [ b ] a lamb [ c ] locusts [ d ] the first-born


[ a ] Joseph [ b ] Abraham [ c ] King David [ d ] Moses


[ a ] the Torah [ b ] the Hagadah [ c ] the Talmud [ d ] the Bible


[ a ] Kosher [ b ] Seder [ c ] Challah [ d ] Bikkurim


[ a ] sing [ b ] tell a story [ c ] ask questions [ d ] dance


[ a ] decorated [ b ] cleaned [ c ] blessed [ d ] painted


[ a ] leaven [ b ] meat [ c ] salt [ d ] milk


[ a ] the whole festival [ b ] the first two days

[ c ] the last two days [ c ] the first and last days



[ a ] spring [ b ] summer [ c ] autumn [ d ] winter


[ a ] 5 days [ b ] 6 days [ c ] 8 days [ d ] 9 days


[ a ] the moon [ b ] the new year [ c ] the Exodus [ d ] harvest


[ a ] the Pharaoh [ b ] a lamb [ c ] locusts [ d ] the first-born


[ a ] Joseph [ b ] Abraham [ c ] King David [ d ] Moses


[ a ] the Torah [ b ] the Hagadah [ c ] the Talmud [ d ] the Bible


[ a ] Kosher [ b ] Seder [ c ] Challah [ d ] Bikkurim


[ a ] sing [ b ] tell a story [ c ] ask questions [ d ] dance


[ a ] decorated [ b ] cleaned [ c ] blessed [ d ] painted


[ a ] leaven [ b ] meat [ c ] salt [ d ] milk


[ a ] the whole festival [ b ] the first two days

[ c ] the last two days [ d ] the first and last days


The Seder Meal

Watch a selection of the video clips then complete the Seder plate exercise

The four questions of the Passover

Shopping for Pesach

The Passover story

The Seder Meal Part 1



The Seder Meal

Maror

Charoset

Karpas

Z'roa

Beitzah

Chazeret

roasted egg

roasted lamb shank

nuts, apples, cinnamon & sweet red wine

horseradish

parsley (or celery)

bitter lettuce

Represents the mortar used by the Jewish slaves when

building the storehouses of Egypt

Is dipped into salt water and represents the tears of pain of the Jews when they

were slaves in Egypt Represents the Pesach sacrifice that

was made on the night of the Passover

Represents the festival sacrifice and is a

symbol of mourning

Match up the correct pieces of information to the Seder plate

Bitter herb symbolising the

bitter experience of slavery in Egypt

Bitter herb symbolising the bitter experience of

slavery in Egypt

Maror Charoset

Karpas Z'roa

Beitzah

Chazeret

roasted egg

roasted lamb shank

nuts, apples, cinnamon & sweet red wine

horseradish

parsley (or celery)

bitter lettuce

Represents the mortar used by the Jewish slaves when building

the storehouses of Egypt

Is dipped into salt water and represents the tears of pain of the Jews when they

were slaves in Egypt

Represents the Pesach sacrifice that was made on the night of the Passover

Represents the festival sacrifice and is a symbol of mourning

Bitter herb symbolising the bitter experience of slavery in Egypt

Bitter herb symbolising the bitter experience of slavery in Egypt

The Seder Meal

Jews see this event of being rescued from slavery in Egypt as important to remember because it shows God keeping his promise made in the covenant with Abraham - that God would guide and protect them.

If you were to celebrate to remember something that someone has done for you, what would you choose to remember and what would you do to celebrate?

The Jewish festival of Pesach remembers the time when

________ led the ____________ out of _________ in Egypt.

The Egyptian __________ (king) refused to release them

so God sent ten ____________ upon the Egyptians.

Moses

Israelitesslavery

Pharaoh

plagues

Abraham Egyptians

Mummy

green bottles

order

The Jewish festival of Pesach remembers the time when

________ led the ____________ out of _________ in Egypt.

The Egyptian __________ (king) refused to release them

so God sent ten ____________ upon the Egyptians.

Moses Israelites slavery

Pharaoh

plagues

The Ten Plagues:

Find out what the ten plagues were that God sent on Egypt.

You can look them up in the Bible in chapters 7-11 of Exodus, or use any other source.

You could do an illustrated version of the ten plagues in your book, like the example here.

Extension

Research a rel igiousfes,val and produce aposter to invite people(or just a friend or two)tothisfes,val.

Usetheguidelinesontheworksheet to make sureyouincludethenecessarydetails.

Take,me to look at otherpeople's posters.Whichofthe other fes,vals wouldyouchoosetogoto?

Complete the followingsentenceinyourbook:

Iwouldgotothe(religion)fes,valof (fes,val'sname)researched by (student'sname)because...

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