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1 passover
( JEWISH)Passover. -
2 Pasqua
f Easter* * *Pasqua s.f. ( dei Cristiani) Easter; ( degli ebrei) Passover, Pesach: Pasqua alta, bassa, late, early Easter; giorno, settimana, vacanze di Pasqua, Easter Day, week, holidays; uovo di Pasqua, Easter egg // Pasqua delle rose, ( Pentecoste) Whitsunday (o Pentecost); Pasqua di ceppo, ( Natale) Christmas // buona Pasqua, happy Easter // essere contento come una Pasqua, to be as happy as can be (o as a king o as a sand-boy) // fare la Pasqua, to do one's Easter duty.* * *['paskwa]sostantivo femminile1) (cristiana) Easter2) (ebraica) Passover••contento come una pasqua — as happy as a lark o as Larry
* * *Pasqua/'paskwa/sostantivo f.1 (cristiana) Easter; a Pasqua at Easter; domenica di Pasqua Easter Sunday; Buona Pasqua! Happy Easter!2 (ebraica) Passovercontento come una pasqua as happy as a lark o as Larry. -
3 afikoman
(lit, "dessert")( JEWISH)from the Aramaic fiku man, "bring out the food" the portion of matzah eaten at the close of the Seder meal in commemoration of the Passover offering. -
4 bedikat chametz
( JEWISH)the search for leaven conducted on the night before Passover eve. -
5 challah
(Alternate spelling: hallah)( JEWISH)Ashkenazic egg bread.♦ Typically made in braided form for the Sabbath, and in circular form for the Jewish new year (to remind us of the circular nature of life.).a sweet, eggy bread, usually braided, which is served on Shabbos or Jewish festivals.♦ Braid Bread: Challah or hallah is a traditional Jewish bread eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays (except Passover, when leavened bread is not allowed). This association with Judaism is most prevalent in the United States, as challah is also a traditional bread in numerous European countries, such as Hungary, among local non-Jewish peasant populations -
6 chametz
( JEWISH)Leavened foods, prohibited on Passover. -
7 charoses
( JEWISH)a mixture of fruit, wine and nuts eaten at the Passover seder meal. This condiment is symbolic of the mortar used by the Jewish slaves in Egypt. -
8 charoset
(Alternate spelling: haroseth)( JEWISH)Mixture of apples, cinnamon, honey and wine (Ashkenazic version) or dried fruits and raisins (Sephardic version) eaten on Passover. Symbol of the mortar used by the Israelites while they were slaves in Egypt. A paste made of apples, pears, nuts and wine, in which the maror is dipped. -
9 haminados
( JEWISH)Sephardic hard-boiled eggs colored a deep russet with onion peels. Traditionally served at the Passover seder to remind us of the circular nature of life. -
10 matzo
( JEWISH)Unleavened bread eaten at Passover to remind the Jews of the haste with which they left slavery. -
11 nissan
( JEWISH)the Hebrew month in which Passover falls; mandated by the Torah to occur in the (beginning of) spring. -
12 zeroah
(lit: "shank bone")( JEWISH)the first item on the seder plate, commemorating the Passover offering; can be any bone with a bit of meat--commonly used is a chicken neck.
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PASSOVER — (Heb. פֶּסַח, Pesah), a spring festival, beginning on the 15th day of Nisan, lasting seven days in Israel and eight in the Diaspora. It commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. The first and seventh days (the first two and last two in the Diaspora)… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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Passover — [[t]pɑ͟ːsoʊvə(r), pæ̱s [/t]] N UNCOUNT: also the N Passover is a Jewish festival that begins in March or April and lasts for seven or eight days. Passover begins with a special meal that reminds Jewish people of how God helped their ancestors… … English dictionary
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