When is Passover?
Passover 2027 begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 21, 2027 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, April 29.
Remembers the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. It begins with the Seder meal, and for the whole week many Jews eat matzah instead of bread.
How the date is set: 15 Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, for eight days outside Israel.
The date in other years
Ideas for the day
A short history
Passover, also called Pasch () or Pesach (; Biblical Hebrew: חַג הַפֶּסַח, romanized: Ḥag Ha‑Pesaḥ, lit. 'Pilgrimage of the Passing Over'), 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. According to the Book of Exodus, God commanded Moses to tell the Israelites to slaughter a lamb and mark their doorframes with its blood, in addition to instructions for consuming the lamb that night. For that night, God would bring about the tenth plague, in which God would smite all the firstborn in Egypt.
From Wikipedia’s article Passover, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sources
- Hebcal.com Jewish calendar (CC BY 4.0) Dates
- Wikipedia: Passover Short history (CC BY-SA 4.0)