korban
Noun
Meaning
korban (plural korbans) (Singapore, Malaysia)
(Islam) a ritual sacrifice of a livestock animal at Eid ul-Adha
korban (plural korbans or korbanot or korbanoth)
Alternative form of corban
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Many Sephardi Jews have the custom of eating lamb or goat meat during the Seder in memory of the Korban Pesach.
Passover offering, korban Pesach main When the Temple in Jerusalem was standing, the focus of the Passover festival was the Passover sacrifice (Hebrew korban Pesach) also known as the "Paschal Lamb".
The eating of the afikoman substitutes for the eating of the Korban Pesach at the end of the Seder meal ( Mishnah Pesachim 119a).
The historic "Paschal lamb" Passover sacrifice (korban Pesach) has not been brought following the Romans' destruction of the Second Jewish temple approximately two thousand years ago, and it is therefore still not part of the modern Jewish holiday.
Women were obligated, as men, to perform the Korban Pesach and to participate in a Seder.