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Shabbat Metzora and Shabbat HaGadol: A Special Shabbat
April 7, 2022 by Jeremy Rosen
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The Shabbat before Pesach is called Shabbat HaGadol, the greatest or very important Shabbat. According to tradition, the Children of Israel were told to tie up a lamb three days before the Exodus in preparation for the Pascal Sacrifice. As sheep were a sacred animal for the Egyptians, this would have been seen both as sacrilege and as an act of defiance.
