Passover
Spring liberation festival
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt.
The name refers to God "passing over" Israelite homes during the final plague.
The eight-day observance includes a ceremonial meal called a seder, during which the story of the exodus is retold.
Leavened bread is forbidden; matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten instead: We're hosting Passover this year.
The holiday falls in spring, typically overlapping with Easter.
Passover liturgical narrative
- matzoYeastless Passover cracker
- afikomanConcealed Seder finale piece
- four cupsSeder wine obligation
- charosetRitual fruit-nut paste
seder plate · reclining · shank bone · bitter herbs · egg · saltwater · wine · hiding
Hebrew prophet, liberator
- PharaohEgyptian royal title
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- plaguesMass outbreaks of disease
- Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
Israelites · slavery · liberation · Ten Commandments · Sinai · wilderness · deliverance · freedom
Farewell Passover gathering
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- crucifixionExecution by cross
- Holy WeekDays preceding Easter Sunday
Maundy Thursday · disciples · bread · wine · sacrifice · paschal · lamb · Jerusalem
Hebrew calendar's first month
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- eight daysSeven plus one days
- seven daysStandard weekly duration
- festivalOrganized public celebration
April · lunar · equinox · renewal · agricultural · barley · counting
Custom passed through generations
- JudaismReligion following Mosaic law
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
- SephardicOf Iberian Jewish origin
diaspora · customs · ancestry · remembrance · generations · continuity · identity · observance
Bread without leavening agents
- chametzProhibited Passover grain products
- gefilte fishChilled poached carp loaf
- brisketLower chest of cattle
- macaroonsDense coconut-based sweets
Haggadah
Passover liturgical narrative
charoset · seder plate · reclining · shank bone · bitter herbs · egg · saltwater · wine · hiding · children
Moses
Hebrew prophet, liberator
Red Sea · Israelites · slavery · liberation · Ten Commandments · Sinai · wilderness · deliverance · freedom · Canaan
Last Supper
Farewell Passover gathering
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- crucifixionExecution by cross
Holy Week · Maundy Thursday · disciples · bread · wine · sacrifice · paschal · lamb · Jerusalem · Gethsemane
Nisan
Hebrew calendar's first month
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- eight daysSeven plus one days
- seven daysStandard weekly duration
festival · April · lunar · equinox · renewal · agricultural · barley · counting
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- JudaismReligion following Mosaic law
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
Sephardic · diaspora · customs · ancestry · remembrance · generations · continuity · identity · observance · community
unleavened bread
Bread without leavening agents
- chametzProhibited Passover grain products
- gefilte fishChilled poached carp loaf
- brisketLower chest of cattle
macaroons · matzo ball soup · horseradish · potato starch · haroset
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Torah, Hanukkah, Yom Kippur
- observancesholidays, holy days, commemorations, anniversaries, Remembrance Day
- Religious HolidaysEaster Sunday, Pentecost, Good Friday, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Israeli culturefalafel, hummus, kibbutz, Tel Aviv, Hebrew
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
PassoverYom Kippur
Annual Jewish atonement observance
Tisha B'Av · Rosh Hashanah · Sukkot · Hanukkah · Shavuot
PassoverTisha B'Av
Jewish fast commemorating calamities
captivity · enslavement · Babylonian exile · oppression · slavery
PassoverYom Kippur
Annual Jewish atonement observance
Tisha B'Av · fasting · Ramadan · fast · Lent
- Passover customsJewish exodus celebration traditions
- Passover mealRitual dinner commemorating liberation
- Passover lambSacrificial animal from Exodus
- Passover SederJewish Exodus commemoration dinner
- kosher for PassoverApproved for exodus feast
- Passover dishesFoods for spring festival