Is the death of all first born males really something to celebrate and have a special day for ?

My Jewish husband has mused about that himself more than once.

What they're really celebrating is that Pharaoh finally agreed to release the Hebrew slaves (never mind, as my husband says, that there's no historical evidence that there really were a lot of Hebrew slaves in Egypt and that they made a mass exodus).

But Mimi, the killing of probable innocents could have been avoided.

No, it truly isn't a reason for celebration.

Yes because those who didn't die were "passed-over", and yes, that's something to celebrate.

@Homestuck..yes, it could have been, if the Pharaoh gave a you-know-what. It was to punish the pharaoh, not innocent children.

God considers the innocent as one's who don't know His laws, and where there is no law, there is no sin.

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(Exodus 1:22) Finally Phar′aoh commanded all his people: “You are to throw every newborn son of the Hebrews into the Nile River, but you are to keep every daughter alive.”

He was killing every son of the Jews by throwing them in the Nile river. So he got the first born killed?

He was not a nice man and neither was his soldiers.

They were referred to as a Giant Killing Machine. With chariots with swords on the wheels to chop up people. That is what they were going to do to the Jews why they got drowned.

They're not celebrating that. They're celebrating being freed from slavery and bondage. They were oppressed and enslaved for 400 years, and knew no freedom or hope. Pharoah was given 10 different chances to repent. He failed each time and ultimately, sentenced his own people to death.

You Betcha.

Really?! So you don't think being passed over for death and being freed from slavery is something to celebrate?

Why not? Although it's not as big a deal as it used to be, Americans used to celebrate the nuking of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with V-J Day.

Excellent question.

the celebration of the Jews freedom from slavery is tainted and marred by the loss of the first born Egyptians. The Seder does remember their deaths along with Pharaoh's army in the Red Sea and admonishes us not to celebrate the deaths of any of God's children.

Pass-over was because Phaoroh couldn't listen for **** so God took all their children.

Like a game director deleting characters xD