Passover
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Passover, also called Pasch or Pesach, or Peysekh in Yiddish, is a major Jewish holiday and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
A table set up for a Passover Seder
Illustration of the Exodus from Egypt, 1907
Burning chametz on the morning before Passover begins
The former 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.
Nisan
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Nisan or Nissan is the month of the barley ripening and the first month of spring in the Babylonian and Hebrew calendars. The name of the month is an Akkadian borrowing, although it is ultimately deri
Passover
…Egypt." Jews are forbidden from possessing or eating leavened foods (chametz) during the holiday. Pesach starts on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which is considered the first month of the Hebrew year. The Jewish calendar is adjusted to align with the solar calendar so that 15 Nisan always falls…
The Seder Table the ritual feast in the Jewish holiday of Passover which occurs on the 15 Nisan.