Thursday March 28, 2024

Passover


Celebration of Jews leaving Egypt

The next upcoming Passover starts on sundown of Monday, April 22nd ending at sundown on Monday April 29th, 2024.

Celebration\ Observance

Passover is a commemoration of God liberating the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt and therefore liberating their nation under the leadership of Moses. The Passover Seder meal is performed on the 15th day of the Hebrew month, Nisan.

History

In the book of Exodus in the Bible, God freed the Jewish people from slavery. The Passover received its name from the last of the ten plagues carried out before Pharaoh allowed the Israelite slaves to leave.


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