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Everything to know about the observance of Passover. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Christian observance of Passover is in modern times referred to as Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday and is held the day before Good Friday. Sometimes a shortened Seder meal is practiced. Many churches do a washing of the feet of the congregation on this day in recognition of Jesus washing the apostles feet at the last supper.
This year, Passover begins at sundown on April 5, and ends at sundown on April 13. ... The Torah, which contains the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (including the Book of Exodus), says ...
Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, starts before sundown on April 22, concluding after nightfall on April 30. Many Jewish communities host seders the first two nights of the holiday.
Nisan (or Nissan; Hebrew: נִיסָן, romanized: Nīsān from Akkadian: 𒁈, romanized: Nissāni) in the Babylonian and Hebrew calendars is the month of the barley ripening and first month of spring.
The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform), and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews. According to all practices, the 49-day count ends the day before Shavuot, which is the 'fiftieth day' of the count.
Passover, the Aramaic spelling of the Hebrew word Pesach. Pesach seder, the festive meal beginning the 14th and ending on the 15th of Nisan; Easter, central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year; Paskha, an Easter dish served in several Slavic countries; Paska (bread), an Easter bread served in Ukraine
Passover will begin in the evening of Monday, April 22, and will last through April 30 just after sundown. The Jewish community in El Paso sing along as they gather to celebrate Passover Seder on ...