PASSOVER is the joyous Jewish festival of freedom that celebrates the Exodus of the Jews from their bondage in Egypt. Beginning on the fifteenth day of the spring month of Nisan, the festival lasts for seven days (eight days for Jews outside Israel)....

Festival celebrated from the first full moon after the vernal equinox, the full moon of Nisan, that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt, described in the first fourteen chapters of the biblical book of Exodus; with Tabernacles and Pentecost, one of...

in Judaism, holiday commemorating the Hebrews' liberation from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction, or the sparing of the firstborn of the Israelites, when the Lord “smote the land of Egypt” on...

(Passover) The *Festival of unleavened bread (*Mazzah). Pesah is one of the three *pilgrim festivals and takes place in the spring. It begins on Nisan 15 and lasts for seven days in *Israel and eight in the *diaspora. It is a festival of freedom; the...

In Judaism, the holiday commemorating the liberation of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. Before sending a plague to destroy the firstborn of the Egyptians, God instructed Moses to tell the Israelites to place a special mark above their doors as a...

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Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַ×, Tiberian: pÉsaħ, Israeli: Pesach, Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish: ËpÉi̯sÉ"χ), is celebrated on the 14th day of the month called Nisan (Lev 23:4; Num 9:3,5, Num 28:16), first month of the Jewish year. It immediately...