Happy Easter!

[joandsarah]

I was waiting for that, never fail to catch an American each year.

Bilbies are rare little animals and buying a chocolate one at Easter means some money goes to there research. After all the rabbit is a major pest here.

www.easterbilby.com.au/save_bilby/chocolate.asp

[Tina ☺]

Awww, they're SO cute! I want a bilby!

[Aussie Karima]

;)Yes the little guys are extremely cute, but because of some introduced animals(Rabbits,Foxes & Hares etcetera) our natives are not faring too well,some English aristocrat thought it would be fun to have a good old fashion Fox/Deer Hunt, just like home, & that was a long time ago before they knew,about what damage these animals would do,they are long gone but we are left to clean up the mess!*steps down from soap box*

[Tina ☺]

That's so sad. Well, hopefully the conservation effort will be successful and their numbers will go back up again.

[Nikki]

The link wouldn't show up for me, so I guess I'll have to look up Bilbies latah.

Sadly, no Easter Egg hunting for us today. It's too rain-y and mucky out at the moment.

... What's Passover? haha

[joandsarah]

Passover refers to the angel of death passing over (Going passed and not stopping to smite the families) the houses of the Israelites during the plagues of Pharaoh. It is significant to both Jews and Christians.

[Tina ☺]

I found this on the web:

Passover

Passover is the celebration of the Jews exodus from Egypt as told in the bible. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the story of passover, there was this guy named Moses who was set afloat in a river, adopted and raised by the King, encountered a burning bush in the desert, brought upon the house of Egypt great plagues, freed an entire people from slavery, parted seas, wandered the desert, received the word of God upon two tablets atop Mount Sinai and then lead the Jewish people into Israel. So, as you can see, albeit many thousands of years later, there is still reason to celebrate this great period. Fortunately, we celebrate not by suffering like our ancestors did, but by eating good food and drinking lots of wine.



The Story of Passover

About 3000 years ago the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians under the rule of the Pharaoh Ramses II. According to the Book of Exodus - Moses, a simple Jewish shepherd, was instructed by God to go to the pharaoh and demand the freedom of his people


Moses' plea of let my people go was ignored. Moses warned the Pharaoh that God would send severe punishments to the people of Egypt if the Israelites were not freed. Again the Pharaoh ignored Moses' request of freedom. In response God unleashed a series of 10 terrible plagues on the people of Egypt

Blood
Frogs
Lice (vermin)
Wild Beasts(flies)
Blight (Cattle Disease)
Boils
Hail
Locusts
Darkness
Slaying of the First Born

The holiday's name - Pesach, meaning "passing over" or "protection" in Hebrew, is derived from the instructions given to Moses by God . In order to encourage the Pharaoh to free the Israelites, God intended to kill the first-born of both man and beast. To protect themselves, the Israelites were told to mark their dwellings with lamb's blood so that God could identify and "pass over" their homes

The Pharaoh was unconvinced and refused to free the Jewish slaves until the last plague.

When the Pharaoh finally agreed to freedom, the Israelites left their homes so quickly that there wasn't even time to bake their breads. So they packed the raw dough to take with them on their journey. As they fled through the desert they would quickly bake the dough in the hot sun into hard crackers called matzohs. Today to commemorate this event, Jews eat matzoh in place of bread during Passover.

Though the Jews were now free, their liberation was incomplete. The Pharaoh's army chased them through the desert toward the Red Sea. When the Jews reached the sea they were trapped, since the sea blocked their escape

It was then that a miracle occurred. The waves of the Red Sea parted and the Israelites were able to cross to the other side. As soon as they all reached the other side the sea closed trapping the Pharaoh's army as the waves closed upon them

Then as the Israelites watched the waters of the Red Sea sweep away the Pharaoh's army they realized they were finally free.

Passover celebrates this history. The first 2 nights of the 8 day holiday are celebrated with lavish meals called Seders in which the stories and history of Passover are celebrated. Special foods, plates, silverware are all a part of the Seder.



www.holidays.net/passover/story.html


So... what did YOU do for Easter/Passover? I cooked a big meal, ate too much, and watched 'Seven Pound' with Will Smith with my family. Exciting, eh?

[joandsarah]

Lets see we went to church, ate Lyndt chocolates, cleaned, sat around home being bored hoping for inspiration on the Mobacy...none. Posted inane quiz results on LJ because I was so bored. And mmm that's about it.

[Tina ☺]

Your day sounds as exciting as mine! Heck, it's also my tenth wedding aniversary. Everyone should have such a romantic one. lol

[Pixx]

Yes, happy candy eggs and chocolate bunnies day!!! Yum...chocolate...

[lilyflower]

Edited: I profusely misused most of these sentences

Haha the story was MOSTLY right but the key stuff was in the beginning.

Okay so what happened was that the Pharoh was told by his advisors that a Jewish boy would threaten to "destroy" his kingdom and take away all his Jewish slaves one day. So he commanded that all Jewish Mothers drown their boy babies in the river. One Mother, instead of drowning her son, put him in a basket on the river. It floated down the river until it came upon the house of Pharoh, where his daughter was bathing. His daughter found him, and since she couldn't have any children, she took him in and named him "Moses" which means "Came from the water."

She raised him as her own and he would've became the Prince of Egypt if it hadn't been for his Mother and sister Miriam who found him years later and told him who he actually was. He kept it a secret for a while, until one day he killed a Taskmaster for being cruel to the Jewish slaves, even killing some. After that, he escaped into the desert where he came upon a family of shepards, and THEN he became a shepard. All the stuff after that is true.

[joandsarah]

it's also my tenth wedding aniversary

Congratulations!!

Pixx!! Nice to see you!

[Tina ☺]

Apr 12, 2009 18:57:29 GMT -5 Pixx said:

Yes, happy candy eggs and chocolate bunnies day!!! Yum...chocolate...

Yay Pixx was here! ;D Glad to see ya girl!

Hey, thanks for clearing that all up, Lily!

Thanks Jo.

[lilyflower]

Anytime