2,400-year-old 'Passover Letter' Shows Evolution of Jewish Ritual - Archaeology

A Letter From a High Official in Jerusalem to the Jewish Garrison on Elephantine in the Fifth Century B.C.E. Seems to Instruct on Ritual for the Holiday, and May Sanction Pesach Sacrifice in Egypt Too

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