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An inscription was embossed on the glass in the shape of a small tankard: Pesach (Hebrew for bypass). It probably belonged to a special set of Seder vessels for Pesach. During the ceremonial meal on the first day of the holiday, so-called Seder (Hebrew for order), sweet red wine is consumed. This glass, however, was most probably used to drink a special kind of high-proof, dry vodka, usually plum brandy called pejsachówka. Pesach is the most important and oldest Jewish holiday celebrated as early as during the Jewish wanderings through the desert towards the Promised Land. It is the holiday of liberation from Egyptian slavery. It was preceded by ten plagues that struck Egypt as a punishment for the Pharaoh’s refusal to let the Jews leave his country. The last and most terrible of the plagues that fell upon the Egyptians was the death of all the firstborn sons. The Jews escaped the plague because they marked the doors of their homes with the blood of the sacrificial lamb, as God commanded. The holiday is celebrated between the 14th and 21st of the Jewish month of nisan (March/April).