Definition
Pass·o·ver /ˈpasˌōvər/ Noun.
Pesach (/ˈpɛsɑːx, ˈpeɪ-/; Biblical Hebrew: חַג הַפֶּסַח)
- The major Jewish spring festival, which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery; it lasts seven or eight days from the 15th day of Nisan (March or April)
- From pass over ‘pass without touching’, with reference to the exemption of the Israelites from the death of their firstborn (Exod. 12).
- The origin story of the Jewish people from a coalition of tribes into one nation, one people, under one covenant, and therefore, it is absolutely disgusting that JVP and others hijack / appropriate the holiday to make it about Palestine
- The biggest family holiday in the Jewish world, especially in the West.
- Zionist AF.
What Passover Is
A celebration of Jewish peoplehood, freedom, nationhood, covenant, and self-determination in our ancestral homeland.
What Passover Is Not
Palestinianism requires Jewish subservience; we must constantly turn out our pockets1 and have suicidal empathy2 as “privileged” Jews, no matter the reality or cost.
- Passover (Pesach) is not about Palestine.
- Passover is not about anyone but the Jewish people.
- Passover is not to be used to call for the liberation of others.
- Passover is not to be used to call for the destruction of Israel; it’s literally the opposite of that.
Further Reading
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Passover
- https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/871715/jewish/What-Is-Passover-Pesach.htm
- Turning out our [Jewish] pockets: https://www.rootsmetals.com/blogs/news/please-like-us ↩︎
- Suicidal Empathy: [a] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNt8ZqW2Lny [b] https://jppi.org.il/en/how-suicidal-empathy-empowers-radicalism-and-war/ ↩︎
