Shalom,
Pesach (Passover) is on April 6th this year using the Zadok Priestly calendar, so the days are going to be different than most of the standard calendars that you will see.
Pesach (Passover) is a time to proclaim the death of YESHUA until He returns and we remember what He did when He gave Himself for us all.
I’ll discuss who Passover is for, parallels with YESHUA and Old Covenant, and instructions for Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Who is Passover for?
Exodus 12:42-49
“It is a night to be observed unto YAHWEH for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This night is unto YAHWEH, to be observed by all the children of Yisra’el throughout their generations.” And YAHWEH said to Moses and Aaron, “This is a Law of the Passover: No son of a stranger (Nekar) is to eat of it, but any servant a man has brought for silver, when you have circumcised him, then let him eat of it. A sojourner and a hired servant does not eat of it. It is eaten in one house, you are not to take any of the flesh outside the house, nor are you to break any bone of it. All the congregation of Yisra’el are to perform it. And when a stranger sojourns with you (Ger) and shall perform the Pesach to YAHWEH, let all his males be circumcised, AND THEN let him come near and perform it, and he shall be as a native of the land. But let NO UNCIRCUMCISED eat of it.”
Numbers 9:14
“And when a stranger (gentile) sojourns among you, then he shall perform the Pesach (Passover) of YAHWEH. He shall do so according to the Law of the Pesach and according to its Right-Ruling. You have ONE LAW, both for the stranger and the native of the land.”
So, we see that YAHWEH says twice that the gentile must perform the Passover along with the native-born Israelites because they are grafted in. So there is no replacement theology of the church replacing Yisra’el, but rather the gentiles are observe the festivals that the world calls “Jewish feast days”. As we see, YAHWEH said there is One Law for the native-born and gentile and both must observe Passover.
One of Satan’s biggest deceptions is to trick believers of The ELOHIM of Yisra’el into observing pagan days that are not commanded in scripture. Satan has attempted to take YESHUA’s victory over death and has the world worshipping and praising the Easter bunnies instead of observing Passover. By doing so he wants to give the honor and esteem to anything but YAHWEH and YESHUA and has found a way to connect it to hardcore paganism.
Satan has deceived the world just as it states in Revelation 12:9 that he has led the whole world astray. Most of the world is celebrating his counterfeit holidays called sabbats which means (a pagan gathering of witches) that mock the true Holy Days/SHABBAT’S or Moedim (Appointed times) set by YAHWEH.
Jubilees 1:9-10
“For they shall forget all My Commands, even all that I command them, and they shall walk after the gentiles (Easter is an example of that), and after their uncleanness, and after their shame, and shall serve their mighty ones. And these shall come to be an offence to them and a tribulation and an affliction and a snare. And many shall perish and they shall be taken captive, and shall fall into the hands of the enemy, because they have forsaken My Laws and My Commands, and the Festivals of My Covenant (Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread etc) and My Shabbats, and My Holy Place which I have sanctified for Myself in their midst….” Verse 14 “And they shall forget all My Torah and My Commands and all My Right-Rulings, and shall go astray as to NEW MOONS, and SHABBATS, and FESTIVALS, and Jubilees, and Laws.”
Is this matter and the words commanded in Torah that serious?
Yes! When the Book of the Torah was discovered during the days of Josiah in The House of YAHWEH he said in 2 Kings 22:13
“Go inquire of YAHWEH for me, for the people and for all of Judah, concerning the words of this Book that has been found. For great is the wrath of YAHWEH that is kindled against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this Book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
YAHWEH says they forgot His New Moons, Shabbats, and Festivals. And the world has forsaken them for pagan knock-off’s. As I repeat so often is that once you have accepted YESHUA as your Messiah and Savior and know that He is Son of YHWH, then you have become grafted in as ONE with the nation of Yisra’el. There is only ONE belief; therefore, proving that ALL believers in YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA should ALL be worshipping Him the same way!
Ephesians 4:4-6
“ONE BODY, and ONE RUACH (SPIRIT), as you also were called in ONE expectation of your calling; ONE ADON (Master)YESHUA, ONE BELIEF/FAITH, ONE IMMERSION/BAPTISM, ONE ELOHIM AND FATHER OF ALL who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” There is only ONE WAY and that is through YESHUA anything else is an imposter.
Colossians 2:16-17
“Let no one therefore judge you in eating and or in drinking, or in respect of a Festival or a NEW MOON OR SABBATH-which are a shadow of what is to come...”
Meaning that YAHWEH expects us to observe these days. The Hebrew word for Holy Convocation is “Mikraw” which literally means a rehearsal. We are to be observing these days NOW because it will be too late when YESHUA returns: therefore, don’t let anyone judge you for knowing the TRUTH! The prophecy in Zechariah 14 is a great example of this because during the 1,000 reign, that ALL nations must come to celebrate The Feast of Tabernacles or have no rain, even the Egyptian, because it is a SHADOW of what is to come, which means that same concept applies to Passover!
Choose Passover/Pesach (Pronounced PAY-SOCK)!
Mathew 26:2 says:
“As you know, the PASSOVER is two days away and the Son of Man (YESHUA) will be handed over to be crucified.”
What is Passover? Passover is when YAHWEH brought the final plague upon the Egyptians because Pharaoh would not let His people go. YAHWEH commanded the Israelites to take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the basin with the perfect blood of lamb and strike the lentil and the two doorposts of the house so that YAHWEH would “Pass Over” their homes and not let the destroyer come in; and to execute judgment on the Egyptians. This event was a foreshadowing of the true perfect sacrificial lamb in YESHUA, whose perfect blood was poured out for us. The same way the perfect blood of the lamb saved Yisra’el when YAHWEH PASSED OVER them, is the same way when we have the perfect blood of YESHUA in our lives and doorposts of our hearts that sin and death PASS OVER us!
John 1:29
“On the next day John saw YESHUA coming toward him, and said, “See, the LAMB of YAHWEH who takes away the sin of the world!”
Exodus 12:5
“Let the LAMB be a perfect one, a year old male.” Verse 12 “And I shall pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and shall smite the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Egypt I shall execute judgment. I am YAHWEH. And the BLOOD shall be a SIGN for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the BLOOD, I shall PASS OVER you, and let the plague not come on you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.”
YESHUA is also described as the Lamb in the Book of Revelation saying:
Revelation 6:16
“And said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne and from the wrath of the LAMB.”
Revelation 12:11
“And they overcame him because of the Blood of the LAMB because of the Word of their witness, and they did not love their lives to the death.”
Revelation 13:8
“And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain LAMB, from the foundation of the world shall worship Him.”
Revelation 22:1 “And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of YAHWEH and of the LAMB.”
Another connection with YESHUA from the Old Covenant and the Renewed Covenant is:
Exodus 12:46
“It is eaten in one house, you are not to take any of the flesh (lamb) outside the house, NOR are you to BREAK ANY BONE OF IT.”
John 19:31
“The Jews asked Pilate to have THEIR LEGS BROKEN, and to be taken away. Therefore the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was impaled with Him, but when they came to YESHUA and saw that He was already dead, they DID NOT BREAK HIS LEGS.” But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and instantly BLOOD and WATER came out. And he was has seen has witnessed, and his witness is true. And he knows that he is speaking the truth, in order that you might believe. For this took place in order for the Scripture to be filled: “NOT ONE OF HIS BONES SHALL BE BROKEN.” See the connection and how it fulfills what YAHWEH spoke In Exodus 12:46?
Also in John 19:34 when YESHUA was pierced blood and water came out of Him. This reminds me of:
1 John 5:5-6
“Who is the one who overcomes the world but he who believes that YESHUA is the Son of YAHWEH? This is the One that came by WATER AND BLOOD: YESHUA ha’Mashiach, not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Ruach (Spirit) who bears witness, because the Ruach is the Truth.” (The immersion/baptism and atonement on the stake.)
YESHUA and Paul both observed Passover!
Exodus 12:14 says:
“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial: and you shall keep it a feast to YAHWEH throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by a LAW forever.”
If you notice, YAHWEH tells us to keep the Passover Feast throughout our generations forever. This holds true because YESHUA celebrated Passover with His disciples just as His Father commanded.
Mathew 26:18-19 says:
“And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand: I WILL KEEP THE PASSOVER at your house with My disciples.” And the disciples did as YESHUA had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover.”
Verse 29 is absolutely beautiful! YESHUA reveals something that a lot of people may miss after reading the passage. He says the following:
“But I say unto you, I will not drink the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
YESHUA just confirmed the words of Father YAHWEH in Exodus 12:14 that the Passover is to be kept forever; and YESHUA tells us that we will celebrate the Passover with Him when He drinks the fruit of the vine with us in His Father’s Kingdom, HalleluYAH! So, as believers we need to begin celebrating the true feast of Passover and not the counterfeit holiday of Easter.
The problem is that Christianity through the lies of the enemy has been working hard to remove the Hebraic roots of our faith and westernize it. It baffles me because YESHUA was a Jew, which is ONE of the 12 Tribes of Yisra’el, and He spoke Aramaic/Hebrew, so it is impossible to remove the Hebraic roots of our faith. A perfect example of this is how they call Passover “The Last Supper” as if it was just some dinner YESHUA ate before He gave Himself for us. By doing so the foreshadowing of the lamb in Exodus that saved Yisra’el won’t be made with YESHUA the perfect Lamb Who saves us.
1 Corinthians 5:7-8
“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also MESSIAH our PASSOVER was offered for US. So then LET US OBSERVE THE FESTIVAL (PASSOVER) not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
Not only did Paul remember that YESHUA is our Passover Lamb, but also told the assembly of Corinth to Observe the Festival of Passover which means Paul observed it and told the non-native born Corinthians to do the same, showing that we ALL should doing as they did.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
“For I received from the Adon pronounced Ah-doan (Master) that which I also delivered to you: that the Adon YESHUA in the night in which He was delivered up took bread, and having given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat, this is My body which is broken for you; DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME.” In the same way also the cup, after supper; saying, “This cup is the Renewed Covenant in My blood. As often as you drink it, DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (Passover), you PROCLAIM THE DEATH OF THE ADON UNTIL HE COMES.”
So we see the importance of the blood of YESHUA saving us from sin and death and the bread representing His body that was broken for us and blood of the Renewed Covenant! Then Paul adds that we are proclaiming the death of YESHUA until He returns! So if we are doing this in REMEMBERANCE of YESHUA then He will be looking from heaven to see if we are REMEMBERING TO KEEP PASSOVER! I know Christianity has their own “tradition of men” called communion to remember what YESHUA did, but we have to understand that YAHWEH commands us to do it on a certain day once a year. Which is why He gave us Holy Days in Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16 and called “Appointed Times” and “Sabbaths”. They are Appointments that YAHWEH and YESHUA want to meet with Their people.
Think of it this way: If a holistic doctor says “come back and see me in two weeks and make the appointment with the receptionist” that means you have an appointment to meet him on a certain day. If you decide to show up a month later, then that means you have missed the appointment and cannot receive treatment. The same thing applies in the spiritual realm and the Covenant we are supposed to be walking in with ELOHIM to receive spiritual blessings on the day that He has ordained.
And Even Josiah in the Book of Kings when the Book of the Torah was discovered celebrated Passover because IT IS WRITTEN! 2 Kings 23:21-23 says:
And the sovereign (Josiah) commanded all the people, saying, “Prepare the Pesach (Passover) to YAHWEH your Elohim, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” For such a Passover had not been prepared since the days of the rulers who ruled Israel, nor in all the days of the sovereigns of Israel and the sovereigns of Judah.”
Joshua 5:10-11
“And the children of Yisra’el camped in Gilgal, and performed the Pesach on the 14th day of the month at evening on the desert plains of Jericho. And they ate the stored grain of the land on the morrow after the Pesach, unleavened bread and roasted grain on this same day.”
When is Passover this year?
Passover this year is on April 6th when the sun is about to completely go down (twilight/between the evenings), but before it completely sets, but the meal is not eaten until the sun completely sets. This is why YAHWEH said slaughter the lamb “in between the evenings” which is still technically the14th day of 1st month, so when the sun sets is the start of the 15th. The meal is eaten at night in haste because the Israelites fled Egypt in haste. And a way to remember what happened with the Exodus out of Egypt is by retelling the event with Scripture and having the entire family join in or a haggadah which is a retelling of Exodus that is interactive where all can join as reader #1, reader #2 etc, just make sure that is scripturally based and not the seder of Judaism.
Exodus 12:8
“And they shall eat the flesh on that NIGHT, roasted in fire-with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs and they shall eat it.
Jubilees 49:1
“Remember the command which YAHWEH commanded you concerning Passover, that you should celebrate it at its appointed time, on the fourteenth day of the first month; that you should slaughter it BEFORE it is evening (in between the evenings/twilight), so that they may EAT IT BY NIGHT ON THE EVENING OF THE FIFTEENTH from the time of the SETTING OF THE SUN.”
Deuteronomy 16:6
“There you slaughter the Pesach in the evening, at the going down of the sun (twilight.in between the evenings), at the Appointed Time you came out of Egypt.”
What are we supposed to eat?
Exodus 12:8-11
“And they shall eat the flesh (Lamb) on that night, ROASTED IN FIRE-with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.” Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but ROASTED IN FIRE, its legs and its inward parts. And do not leave of it until morning you are to burn with fire. And this is how you eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Pesach (Passover) of YAHWEH.
Exodus 34:25
“Do not offer the blood of My slaughtering with leaven, and do not let the slaughtering of the Festival of Pesach remain until morning.”
YAHWEH tell us to eat lamb roasted in fire (like a grill with actual charcoal and flames) unleavened bread (bread with no yeast, no baking soda or sourdough) and bitter herbs which are herbs such as mustard greens, dandelion greens, horseradish, or chicory.
1 Esdras 1:11-12
“And according to the nobility of the ancestors before the people, to offer to YAHWEH, as it is written in the Book of Moses (Torah). And thus they did in the morning, and they ROASTED THE PESACH (PASSOVER) WITH FIRE, AS REQUIRED.”
Of course we are in diaspora right now, scattered to the four corners of the earth because of our ancestor’s disobedience. Meaning we aren’t in Jerusalem and there is no Temple; however, we can do ALL that we can to follow the commandments and requirements to the best of your ability. If you can get a staff to eat with the meal then why not? If you can get a whole lamb then that’s great! If, not get some lamb steaks, just make sure you are eating lamb roasted in fire as required. But remember that NONE of the meat can be kept and must be burned with fire by the morning as we read in Exodus 12:10 and Exodus 34:25.
Jubilees 49:10
“Let the children of Yisra’el come and observe the Passover on the day of its appointed time on the fourteenth day of the first month, between the evenings, from the THIRD PART of the day to the THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT, for two portions of the day are given to the light, and a third part to the evening. This is that which YAHWEH commanded you that you should observe it between the evenings. And it is not permissible to slay it during any period of the light, but during the period BORDERING THE EVENING, and let them eat it at the time of the evening UNTIL THE THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT, and whatever is left over of all its flesh from the THIRD PART OF THE NIGHT ONWARDS, let them burn it with fire.”
We need 12 hours of both to constitute a 24 hour period. 12 hours in a day divided by three parts equals 4 hours. Spoken of in Jubilees 49 for Passover:
Night:
Part 1 of night is: 6pm-10pm
Part 2 of night is: 10pm-2am (Eat of Passover from evening up to 2 am, then whatever is left is burned with fire. Because what ever is left from the third part of night onwards is to be burned.)
Part 3 of night is: 2am-6am
Day:
Part 1 of day is: 6 am-10am
Part 2 of day is 10am-2pm
Part 3 of day is 2pm-6pm and the cycle repeats
Some argue that since YESHUA is the Lamb that we don’t have to eat the lamb. And I would say that in Mathew 5:17 YESHUA said He did not come to abolish the Torah, and secondly I would say that John 6 gives us the full context of what YESHUA is saying:
John 6:55-58
“For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He who eats My Flesh and drinks My blood stays in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live cause of the Father, so he who feeds on Me shall live because of Me. This is the bread which came down out of the heavens, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread shall live forever.”
So we know YESHUA is not talking about becoming a cannibal and eating his literal flesh and drinking His blood which is forbidden in the Torah. This was symbolic, meaning the flesh is the lamb roasted in fire, the bread is the unleavened bread which represents His sinless body that was broken for us, and the blood is the wine or grape juice. And we can go back to the beginning of John 6 and go to verse 4 to know YESHUA was referring to Passover which says “And the Passover was near, the Festival of the Jews.”
Exodus 12:22
“And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin, and you, NONE OF YOU SHALL GO OUT OF THE DOOR OF HIS HOUSE UNTIL MORNING.”
As I always say we should follow the Scriptures as closely as we can, so if you are at home stay in the house and don’t go out until morning and likewise if you are staying with family or friends stay in the house until morning to fulfill the command
1 Corinthians 11:27-29
“So that whoever should eat this bread or drink this cup of the Master unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Master. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup/ For the one who is eating and drinking unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Master.”
You must be circumcised to eat of the Passover!
Exodus 12:43-49
“And YHWH said to Moses and Aaron, “This is a Law of the Passover: No son of a stranger is to eat of it, but any servant a man has brought for silver, when you have circumcised him, then let him eat of it. A sojourner and a hired servant does not eat of it. It is eaten in one house, you are not to take any of the flesh outside the house, nor are you to break any bone of it. All the congregation of Yisra’el are to perform it. And when a stranger sojourns with you (Ger) and shall perform the Pesach to YAHWEH, let all his males be circumcised, AND THEN let him come near and perform it, and he shall be as a native of the land. But let NO UNCIRCUMCISED eat of it.”
Joshua 5:7-10
“And Joshua circumcised their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. And it came to be, when they had completed circumcising all the nation, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed. And YHWH said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of the place is called Gigal to this day. And the children of Yisra’el camped in Gilgal, and performed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening on the deserts plains of Jericho.”
So here we see that those who rebelled against YAHWEH in the wilderness were caught off as they wandered for 40 years, but their children who were born in the wilderness were not yet circumcised. So notice that after Joshua circumcised them that they were allowed to eat the Passover four days later? That’s because no uncircumcised can eat it as YAHWEH commanded in Exodus 12.
However, circumcision is also a sign of the covenant that He made with Abraham in Genesis 17 and we see that the uncircumcised cannot eat Passover, so I truly believe that every man should do his best to follow these instructions and be physically circumcised and also circumcised of the heart.
Numbers 9:6-12 explains that there is a second Passover, ONLY for those who are unclean or on a journey and absolutely can’t make it. I would strongly encourage everyone to make the first one, but if you can’t YAHWEH knows your heart, just don’t miss the second one.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread!
The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a “High Shabbat” that begins on April 7th; therefore, it ties in with Passover, which is why we start eating unleavened bread that night of the 6th. We will see in John 19:31 that the 1st Day of The Feast of Unleavened Bread is another holy day where NO WORK is commanded! So it was a Shabbat within a Shabbat and YESHUA rested and honored both. YAHWEH did not raise Him up from the dead until both Shabbat rests were completed! ELOHIM is awesome!
John 19:31
“Therefore, since it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the stake on the Shabbat-for that Shabbat was A HIGH ONE (1st Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread…)
Numbers 33:3
“So they departed from Ramses in the first month, on the 15th day of the first month (Feast of Unleavened Bread), on the MORROW OF THE PASSOVER, the children of Yisra’el went out with a high hand before the eyes of all the Egyptians.”
Acts 20:6-7
“And we sailed away from Philippos after the Days of Matzah (Feast of Unleavened Bread) and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. And on one of the Sabbaths, the disciples having gathered together to break bread, Paul, intending to depart the next day, was reasoning with them and was extending the Word till midnight.”
Just pointing out that Paul himself was with the group observing The Feast of Unleavened Bread and we see that they did not even sail until AFTER the Feast was completed.
April 7th-13th is The Feast of Unleavened Bread (7 days) and DO NOT EAT LEAVENED bread starting on Passover the 6th. The 1st and 7th Days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread are NO WORK DAYS, so that means do not work on April 7th or April 13th, 2021.
YAHWEH tells us this in Exodus 12:14-20 saying:
“This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to YAHWEH---a LASTING LAW. For seven days you are to eat bread made without leaven. On the first day remove the leaven from your houses (April 7th), for whoever eats anything with leaven in it from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel. On the FIRST day (APRIL 7TH) hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the SEVENTH DAY (APRIL 13TH.) Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat---that is all you may do.”
Exodus 34:18
“Guard the Festival of Matzah (Feast of Unleavened Bread). For seven days you eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the Appointed Time of the month of Abib, because in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.”
YAHWEH also commands us to remove ALL leaven from our homes on the 1st Day of the Feast (April 7th). The definition of leaven is described below titled “What is leaven?”
Exodus 12:17-18
“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting law for the generations to come. In the first, you are to eat bread made without leaven, from the evening of the fourteenth day (Passover, April 6th) until the evening of the twenty-first day (April 13th). (As stated above DO NOT EAT LEAVEN ON PASSOVER THE EVENING OF THE 6TH.) For seven days no leaven is to be found in your homes. And whoever eats anything with leaven in it must be cut off from the community of Yisra’el, whether he is an ALIEN OR NATIVE-BORN. Eat nothing made with leaven. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”
What is leaven?
Leaven or (Se’or in Hebrew) are leavening agents that cause dough to rise:
Firstly we have the natural form of leaven in bread which is called Sourdough bread. This is what the scriptures are originally referring to, when it says that they did not have time for the dough to rise.
Exodus 12:34
“And the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their garments on their shoulders.”
Sourdough bread is defined as: Sourdough is an old form of bread LEAVENING. It relies on a mix of wild yeast (from the air) and lactic acid bacteria that are naturally present in flour, RATHER than baker's yeast, to leaven the dough. It is fermented bread that begins to leaven the longer it sits. An article titled “What is Sourdough? The bread that rises without yeast” written by Alice Zou says “Sourdough is the oldest form of leavened bread, dating back to Ancient Egypt. BEFORE the use of commercial yeast, all bread was either unleavened or sourdough. It is thought that sourdough bread was first made on accident when unleavened bread dough was left sitting out, and wild yeast began to grow in the dough. In modern times, sourdough is still popular, and many artisan bakeries still make sourdough bread.”
Then we have the chemical/commercial leavening agents the world is accustomed to today such as: (Yeast, baking powder, baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, horn salt etc.)
When leavening agents are combined with flour it becomes Chametz (Ha-mets) which is baked bread that has risen due to the leavening agents. We are to dispose of any Chametz that you have made yourself including sourdough or any store bought baked breads, cakes, cake mixes containing leavening agents, also beware of matzah ball soup mixes because they contain sodium bicarbonate which is a leavening agent that we should not be eating during this feast.
Also, all of the leavening agents must be thrown away too on the FIRST DAY (April 7th) and to be found NOWHERE in your homes. And do not give the chametz or the leavening agents to a neighbor to get them back afterwards. Throw them away as He commanded and He will provide the provisions for being obedient as always.
None of these items are supposed to even be seen anywhere on our property. We are to eat Matzah, which is called unleavened bread, for seven days which does not contain anything to make the dough rise or the original leavened sourdough bread. Simply flour, water, and maybe oil is all that is required to make unleavened bread.
Wine is popular to drink on Passover, though I personally opt for grape juice as the fruit of the vine, because most wine contains yeast or a leavening agent during the fermentation process, which would break the command of no leavening agent. So if you can find a wine that doesn’t break the command then you should have no problems, otherwise I would drink grape juice. I only bring this up for awareness purposes so that each person can do their own research and follow the instructions as closely as they can.
Exodus 12:39
“And they baked UNLEAVENED CAKES of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt, for it was NOT LEAVENED, since they were driven out of Egypt, and had not been able to delay, nor had they prepared food for themselves.”
We are commanded not to possess Chametz or leavening agents because leaven is a representation of sin. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:6-8:
“Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old leaven that you may be a new batch without leaven—
Once you allow a little sin to enter your life it will grow, spread, and rise like yeast or leavening agents, because the sin/yeast will spread through the entire batch of dough/body. I’ve heard it said and know it to be true, is that sin is contagious.
YAHWEH tells us in Exodus 13:7-9:
“Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; and WHATEVER IS LEAVENED IS NOT TO BE SEEN WITH YOU, AND LEAVEN IS NOT TO BE SEEN WITH YOU WITHIN ALL YOUR BORDER. On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what YAHWEH did for me when I came out of Egypt.” And it shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, that the Torah of YAHWEH is to be in your mouth, for with a strong hand YAHWEH has brought you out of Egypt.”
Jubilees 1:26
“And you shall write down for yourself all these Words which I declare unto you on this mountain, the first and the last, which shall come to be in all the divisions of the days in the Law and in the Witness and in the Shabbats and the Jubilees FOREVER, UNTIL I DESCEND AND DWELL WITH THEM FOREVER.”
As always let us stand up and be obedient to our Father YAHWEH and His Son and our Messiah YESHUA in truth. I know this is a lot of information to take in all at once, but my door is always open for any questions that you may have. Feel free to email me regarding any concerns that you may have about Passover.
Blessings in YESHUA ha’Mashiach’s Name