What is Passover ?
From this weekend, from April 4 to 10 will be the Passover festival celebrated by the Jewish People.
Passover or Pesach (/ˈpɛsɑːx, ˈpeɪsɑːx/;[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 standardbiblical 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 |
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Apr 5 | Sunday | Pesach II (Passover) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 6 | Monday | Pesach III (Passover) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 7 | Tuesday | Pesach IV (Passover) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 8 | Wednesday | Pesach V (Passover) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 9 | Thursday | Pesach VI (Passover) | Observance, Hebrew |
Apr 10 | Friday | Pesach VII (Last day of Passover) | National holiday |
For more info you can visit:
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/871715/Jewish/What-Is-Passover.htm
We wish all our Jewish friends a Happy Passover !
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