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A Union Soldier’s Passover
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Passover preparations for a Civil War–era Union soldier included importing seven barrels of matzot and collecting weeds to substitute for the symbolic bitterness of horseradish.

Contributor:

J. A. Joel

Places:

Cleveland, United States of America

Date:

1866

Subjects:

War, Military, Passover, Food and drink, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Union soldiers from the American Civil War in uniform, front row seated and back row standing.
Instructions Regarding Children and Inquiry about Passover
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To Hoshaiah. Your welfare (may DN seek after at all times). Now, look after the children by yourself until Ahutab comes. Do not entrust them to others. If their bread is ground, knead for them 1 qab,…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 475 BCE

Subjects:

Diaspora, Family, Food and drink, Children, Passover, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters