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Jewish men and women attend a Passover Sacrifice on March 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. During the Temple times, the focus of the Jewish holiday of Passover “Pesach sacrifice.” Every family large enough to consume a young lamb or Wild Goat was required to offer one for sacrifice at the Jewish Temple. Today, in the absence of the Temple, the mitzvah of the Passover Sacrifice is memorialized in the form of symbolic food placed on the Passover Seder Plate, which is usually a roasted shankbone. The Temple Institute is dedicated to every aspect of the Biblical commandment to build the Temple on Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount) in Jerusalem. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90