A Passover
Passover (disambiguation) - Wikipedia
- The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.
- The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan 14), which is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual Sabbaths).
- The Christian holy day generally falling on the first day of the Jewish Passover.
Synonyms
(the multi-day feast or festival):
- Feast of Matsot, Feast of Matzot (from Hebrew)
- Feast of Unleavened Bread
- Festival of Matsot, Festival of Matzot (from Hebrew)
- Festival of Unleavened Bread