 Although practiced by Jews in ancient times, the sacrifice is today only practiced by Samaritans at Mount Gerizim.In the Torah, the blood of this sacrifice sprinkled on the door-posts of the Israelites was to be a sign to God, when passing through the land to slay the first-born of the Egyptians that night, that he should pass by the houses of the Israelites ().In the Mishnah this is called the "Passover of Egypt" ("Pesaḥ Miẓrayim" in M.Pesach ix.