From this weekend, from April 4 to 10 will be the Passover festival celebrated by the Jewish People. Passover or Pesach ( / ˈ p ɛ s ɑː x , ˈ p eɪ s ɑː x / ; [4] from Hebrew פֶּסַח Pesah, Pesakh ), is an important biblically derived Jewish festival . The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses . It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew Bible especially in the Book of Exodus , in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. According to standard biblical chronology , this event would have taken at about 1300 BCE ( AM 2450). [5] Here are the dates for this year, 2015: Apr 4 Saturday Pesach I (First day of Passover) National holiday, Hebrew Apr 5 Sunday Pesach II...