“The Covenant” was a promise that originated between Abraham and God. God promised Abraham many descendants if he kept strict faithfulness and obedience to him and only him. This covenantal relationship was revolutionary because it pursued a monotheistic practice in an environment that was largely shaped by much polytheism. It is from this covenant that has shaped the rituals, tradition, and community of Judaism today. It becomes a fundamental core for the evolution of Judaism.
The evolution of this covenant began in Egypt. There, the Hebrew people were enslaved and were subject to the most menial work. God heard the cry of his people and felt that he had a sacred responsibility to free them influenced from his covenant with Abraham. In order to maintain this covenantal relationship, God called on Moses to lead his people out of Egypt and to the “Promised Land”, thus the Hebrews became known as the “Chosen People”. However, when Moses sent plagues to Egypt in hopes that the pharaoh would relinquish the Hebrews, the pharaoh still remained obstinate despite all the devastation that had befallen Egypt from them. Finally, Moses instructed the people to sacrifice an unblemished lamb and mark its blood in the doorway so that the angel of death knew to pass over the house. The next day, all the Egyptians were mourning over the death of their first born male family members, which gave the Hebrews a chance to leave Egypt. Therefore, the exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt was influenced from God’s sacred responsibility to maintain his covenant with Abraham.
Because the exodus was a such a major turning point for the Hebrew people, God promised them that they would remember when he led them out of Egypt. As a result, the commemoration of the exodus became celebrat ...