Question

List the 8 edicts, (official orders), that were issued during the 8 days of Passover.

Answer 1

Answer:

The eight edicts that were issued on Jews during the passover were:

1. Prohibition on leaving their residence for three days, under the death penalty.
2. Forbidden to own gold or any jewellery.Every valuable items had to be handed over to the authorities.
3. Jews had to wear yellow star.
4. Jews were prohibited to use any restaurants or cafes and outlawed use railway services.
5. They were prohibited to step out of their homes after 6 O' clock in the evening.
6. They were barred to attend congregation.
7. The windows were to be covered.
8. The Jewish men were required to load coals for the military.

Explanation:

'Night' is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel. The memoir shares the experience of a father and son in the Concentration camps.

In Section 1 of the memoir, Elie shares the time during the Eight Days of Passover under the Germans. He narrates that seven days of the Passover passed by peaceably but on the seventh day Jewish leader was arrested and edicts were issued by the Germans.

The 8 edicts that were issued by the Germans during the Eight days of Passover were:

1. Prohibition on leaving their residence for three days, under the death penalty.
2. Forbidden to own gold or any jewellery.Every valuable items had to be handed over to the authorities.
3. Jews had to wear yellow star.
4. Jews were prohibited to use any restaurants or cafes and outlawed use railway services.
5. They were prohibited to step out of their homes after 6 O' clock in the evening.
6. They were barred to attend congregation.
7. The windows were to be covered.
8. The Jewish men were required to load coals for the military.

These edicts were to be strictly followed or else punishment, such as death penalty was to be given to those who break any of the edicts.