Resurrection Sunday: The Shroud and the Kaddish*
This year, Resurrection Sunday falls at the end of Passover week. Jesus at the Last Supper before He suffered and was crucified told His disciples "With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto you, I will not anymore eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." (Lk. 22:15-16). The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central truth of the Christian faith, and it is the hope of all mankind. Isaiah wrote the prophetic Word of the LORD about the suffering and death of the Messiah/Christ, and also of its earth-shaking effect upon all people: "Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: So shall he sprinkle ( naza - to spurt, spatter, sprinkle, startle, besprinkle especially in expiation [blood]) many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for...