The Power of the Pesach
Kabbalistic Insights from the Zohar on Parashas Bo
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‘Moshe [Moses] called to all the elders of Yisrael [Israel] and said to
them, ‘Draw out and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slaughter the Pasach [Passover Lamb].’’
– Shemos (Exodus) 12:21
The Zohar (39b) speaks about the Pesach sacrifice that we read about in Parashas Bo. The verse says, 'Speak to the entire assembly of Yisrael, saying, on the tenth of this month, they will take for themselves — each man — a lamb of the flock for a house of fathers, a lamb for a
household' (Shemos 12:3).
Why does each family take a lamb?
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