For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast,... (1 Cor 5:7-8). Pesach, meaning “passing over” or “protection” in Hebrew, is derived from the instructions given to Moses by God. Passover is the eight day observance commemorating the freedom and exodus of the Israelites from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II. Moses warned the Pharaoh that God would send severe punishments to the people of Egypt if the Israelites were not freed. The Pharaoh ignored Moses’ plea and warning. In response, God unleashed a series of ten terrible plagues in the land of Egypt: Flood; Frogs; Lice; Wild beasts (flies); Blight (cattle disease); Boils; Hail; Locusts; Darkness and slaying of the First Born.