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Religious Jews slaughter sheep in demonstration of Passover sacrifice
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA group of religious Jews sacrifice a sheep in Jerusalem’s Old City to demonstrate the traditional paschal sacrifice.
On Monday, the day before the Passover holiday, the group plans to do the same in order to fulfill a religious commandment requiring Jews to make an animal sacrifice for the festival.
This is the first time Jews performed this ritual inside the Old City of Jerusalem in nearly 2,000 years.
The sacrificed sheep will be butchered, roasted and eaten.
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