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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

• Passover — This article is about the Jewish holiday. For other uses, see Passover (disambiguation). Passover Seder plate with symbolic foods Official name Hebrew: פסח (Pesach) Obs …   Wikipedia

• The Exodus — This article is about the events related in the Torah. For other uses, see Exodus (disambiguation). Departure of the Israelites , by David Roberts, 1829 The Exodus (Greek ἔξοδος …   Wikipedia

• Passover — • Great Jewish holiday Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Passover     Pasch or Passover     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Passover — The annual Jewish festival, held on the 14th of the month Nisan, which commemorated the saving events of the Exodus [[➝ Exodus, the]] from Egypt; as an institution it may have already existed in pre Israelite Canaan as an agricultural festival in …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Passover songs — are songs traditionally associated with the end of the seder, the festive meal associated with the Jewish festival of Passover. ongs of the main part of the SederWhile most songs are in the second half after dinner, Ma Nishtanah and Dayenu are… …   Wikipedia

• Passover Seder Plate — The Passover Seder Plate Hebrew: ke ara (קערה) is a special plate containing symbolic foods used by Jews during the Passover Seder. Each of the six items arranged on the plate has special significance to the retelling of the story of the Exodus… …   Wikipedia

• The Last Supper —     The Last Supper     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Last Supper     The meal held by Christ and His disciples on the eve of His Passion at which He instituted the Holy Eucharist.     TIME     The Evangelists and critics generally agree that the …   Catholic encyclopedia

• PASSOVER —    the chief festival of the Jews in commemoration of the passing of the destroying angel over the houses of the Israelites on the night when he slew the first born of the Egyptians; it was celebrated in April, lasted eight days, only unleavened… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Passover —    The Jewish festival commemorates the sparing of the Israelites in Egypt when God smote the firstborn of the Egyptians. The Israelites were to mark the doors of their houses with the blood of a sacrificed lamb: And when I see the blood, I will… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• Passover —    The Jewish festival which celebrates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt …   Who’s Who in Christianity