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The redemption from the bondage of sin through the sacrifice of Christ is celebrated, a parallel of the Jewish Passover's celebration of redemption from bondage in the land of Egypt. [ 2 ] The Jewish Passover ceremonies are held on the evening corresponding to 14 Nisan or 15 Nisan, depending whether the particular church uses a quartodeciman or ...
The story of Passover is told in the Book of Exodus in the Torah—the body of Jewish religious teachings. According to the Hebrew Bible, God instructed Moses to take his people (the Israelites ...
When is Passover this year? Get the answer, along with a better understanding about the meaning and history of the Jewish holiday.
Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, is celebrated May 5. Orthodox Christianity still uses the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar, to determine the Easter date. This year marks the furthest ...
Date ranges for Jewish holidays [1] Holiday Date range Rosh Hashanah: 5 Sep to 5 Oct Yom Kippur: 14 Sep to 14 Oct Sukkot (first of seven days) 19 Sep to 19 Oct Shemini Atzeret: 26 Sep to 26 Oct Simchat Torah: 27 Sep to 27 Oct Yom HaAliyah (school observance) 11 Oct to 10 Nov Hanukkah (first of eight days) 28 Nov to 27 Dec Tu Bishvat: 15 Jan to ...
Quartodecimanism (from the Vulgate Latin quarta decima in Leviticus 23:5, [1] meaning fourteenth) is the name given to the practice of celebrating the death of Christ on the day of Passover, the 14th of Nisan according to biblical dating, on whatever day of the week it occurs.
The Jewish holiday of Passover, commemorating the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, begins Monday and lasts until April 30. For many, the holiday is a reminder of the Jewish ...
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šāloš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles', 'tents ...