Samaritan Passover

Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name. Deuteronomy 16:2 After the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70, sacrifices ceased. Well, that’s not entirely true. The Samaritans continue to this day to do one annual sacrifice: the Passover lamb. They did not view Jerusalem as the place to gather but instead Mt. Gerazim about 30 miles north. They used to have a temple there, but it is long gone now. Their calendar doesn’t entirely match the Jewish […]