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| Passoverחַג הַפֶּסַח | |
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 A table set up for a Passover Seder | |
| Official name | Pesach – Hebrew: פסח, romanized: Pesaḥ |
| Type | Jewish (religious and cultural) |
| Significance |
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| Celebrations | Passover Seder |
| Begins | 15 Nisan |
| Ends | 21 Nisan (22 Nisan in traditional Diaspora communities) |
| Date | 15 Nisan, 16 Nisan, 17 Nisan, 18 Nisan, 19 Nisan, 20 Nisan, 21 Nisan, 22 Nisan |
| 2023 date | Sunset, 5 April – nightfall, 13 April (8 days) |
| 2024 date | Sunset, 22 April – nightfall, 30 April (8 days) |
| 2025 date | Sunset, 12 April – nightfall, 20 April (8 days) |
| 2026 date | Sunset, 1 April – nightfall, 9 April (8 days) |
| Related to | Shavuot ("Festival of Weeks") which follows 49 days from the second night of Passover. |
Passover, also called Pesach (/ˈpɛsɑːx, ˈpeɪ-/;[1] Biblical Hebrew: חַג הַפֶּסַח, romanized: Ḥag hapPesaḥ, lit. 'Pilgrimage of the Passing Over'), is a major Jewish holiday for Rabbinical Judaism, Karaite Judaism, and Samaritanism, one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, that celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Biblical Egypt.[2]
According to the Book of Exodus, God commanded Moses to tell the Israelites to mark a lamb's blood above their doors so that the Angel of Death would pass over them: they would not be touched by the tenth Plague of Egypt, the death of the firstborn. After this Plague, Pharaoh ordered the Israelites to leave, taking whatever they wanted, and asked Moses to bless him in the name of God. The passage goes on to state that the Passover sacrifice recalls the time when God "passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt".[3]
This story is recounted at the Passover Seder by reading the Haggadah. The Haggadah is a standardized ritual account of the Exodus story, in fulfillment of the command "And thou shalt tell [Higgadata] thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt."[4]
Pesach starts on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which is considered the first month of the Hebrew year. The Rabbinical Jewish calendar is adjusted to align with the solar calendar in such a way that 15 Nisan always coincides with Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday. The Hebrew day starts and ends at sunset, so the holiday starts at sunset the day before. For example, in 2024, 15 Nisan coincides with Tuesday, April 23. Therefore, Pesach starts at sundown on Monday, April 22.
- ^ "Pesach" Archived November 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
- ^ "What is Passover? – Learn All About the Passover Holiday". Tori Avey. March 4, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Exodus 12:27
- ^ "Exodus 13:8". Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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