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The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation.

The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation.

Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern

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Jonathan Sacks
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Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks: life dates 1948 to 2020. Wikidata Q336766, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336766 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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