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In
Rabbi
nic
Judaism
,
bechor
im
, or first born children- male children that is (
of course
)- have to fast on the day preceeding the first night of
Passover
. This is in commemoration of the
Slaying of the First Born
, when
God
killed all the first born children and animals in
Egypt
and freed the Jewish
slave
s. Only the Jewish first born survived, and they are supposed to
fast
in
gratitude
.
Traditionally, though, this fast is typically circumvented by a
Seudat Mitzvah
- literally "commanded meal"- in the form of a
siyyum
, or celebration for the completion of some portion of learning.
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