The Pesach offering that our ancestors would eat, when the Temple was standing, for the sake of what [was it]? For the sake [to commemorate] that the Holy One, blessed be He, passed over the homes of our ancestors in Egypt, as it is stated (Exodus 12:27); "And you shall say: 'It is the Passover sacrifice to Hashem, for that He passed over the homes of the Children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and our homes he saved;’ and the people kneeled and bowed [in gratitude to Hashem]."