Passover
Passover (Hebrew: פסח, Pesach) is a religious holiday or festival noted by ceremonies each year, mostly by Jewish people. They celebrate it to remember when God used Moses to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as told in the book of Exodus in the Bible.[4] God told Moses to set aside this special week originally called "the feast of unleavened bread". During this time, the people eat special foods, do special rituals and sing songs. Passover is around the time of Easter (March/April) each year.
| Passover | |
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| Official name | Hebrew: פסח (Pesach) |
| Observed by | Jews, Samaritans, some Christians including Malayali Nasrani Christians, Knanaya and followers of Messianic Judaism. |
| Type | Jewish |
| Significance | Celebrates the Exodus, the freedom from slavery of the Children of Israel from ancient Egypt that followed the Ten Plagues. Beginning of the 49 days of Counting of the Omer |
| Begins | 15th day of Nisan[1][2] |
| Ends | 21st day of Nisan in Israel, and among some liberal Diaspora Jews; 22nd day of Nisan outside of Israel among more traditional Diaspora Jews.[3] |
| Celebrations | In Jewish practice, one or two festive Seder meals – first two nights; in the times of the Temple in Jerusalem, the Passover sacrifice. In Samaritan practice, men gather for a religious ceremony on mount Gerizim that includes the ancient lamb sacrifice. |
| Related to | Shavuot ("Festival of Weeks") which follows 49 days from the second night of Passover. |
The Last Supper was probably a Passover Seder.
Second Passover
The "Second Passover" (Pesach Sheni) on the 14th of Iyar in the Hebrew Calendar is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible[5] as a make-up day for people who were unable to offer the Passover sacrifice at the appropriate time.
Passover Media
Illustration of The Exodus from Egypt, 1907
Washing dishes for passover (1657)
Burning chametz on the morning before Passover begins
The President of Israel Reuven Rivlin sells the leaven of the Beit HaNassi (the official residence of the president), to Shlomo Amar, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel and the Rishon LeZion, in order that Amar will later sell it to a non-Jew.
Chametz foods blocked from purchase during Passover in a Jerusalem supermarket
Passover glass, interwar period Poland
Machine-made shmura matza
Hand-made shmura matzo
Table set for the Passover Seder
Types of maror: grated horseradish, romaine lettuce, whole horseradish root
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References
- ↑ "First day of Passover". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
- ↑ "What Is Passover?". Rabbinical College of Australia and N.Z. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
- ↑ "Last day of Passover". timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
- ↑ Exodus 3–15
- ↑ Numbers 9
