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The wait to display the Seder plate is nearly over. Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is just around the corner.
This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover will begin April 22. Here's what to know about the celebration.
Seharane is celebrated by Kurdish Jews outside of Israel on this date. In the state of Israel, it is celebrated on Chol HaMoed Sukkot. (see entry for that holiday) 23 Nisan (22 Nisan within Israel) April 5, 2021 (April 4, 2021) Shab Shal: Iranian Jews, end of Passover holiday. 27 Nisan sunset, April 8 – nightfall, April 9, 2021 Yom HaShoah
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šālōš 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 ...
Here's everything you need to know about Passover 2023 and how it came to be. When is Passover in 2023? This year, Passover begins at sundown on April 5 and ends at sundown on April 13. In 2024 it ...
The insertion of the leap month is based on the requirement that Passover occur at the same time of year as the spring barley harvest (aviv). [17] (Since 12 lunar months make up less than a solar year, the date of Passover would gradually move throughout the solar year if leap months were not occasionally added.)
Thus, the dates for the celebration change every year, and this year, the dates happen to be much later than usual. The celebration starts in the middle of the month of Nisan when the moon is full.
In ancient times, the grain harvest lasted seven weeks and was a season of gladness (Jer. 5:24, Deut. 16:9–11, Isa. 9:2). It began with harvesting the barley during Passover and ended with harvesting the wheat at Shavuot.