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Passover
[ pas-oh-ver, pahs- ]
noun
- Also called Pesach, a Jewish festival that commemorates the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and is marked chiefly by the Seder ritual and the eating of matzoth. It begins on the 14th day of Nisan and is celebrated for eight days by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel and for seven days by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel.
- (lowercase) paschal lamb ( def 1 ).
Passover
/ ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə /
noun
- Also calledPesachPesahFeast of the Unleavened Bread an eight-day Jewish festival beginning on Nisan 15 and celebrated in commemoration of the passing over or sparing of the Israelites in Egypt, when God smote the firstborn of the Egyptians (Exodus 12) paschal
- another term for the Paschal Lamb
Passover
1- The deliverance of the Israelites from the worst of the plagues of Egypt , and the annual festival kept afterward in memory of the event. Through Moses , God told the Israelites to prepare a special meal to be eaten in haste the evening before their escape from Egypt (see also Egypt ) ( see Exodus ), with a whole roasted lamb as the main dish. The blood from the lamb was to be used to mark the Israelites' houses. That night, God would send the angel of Death to kill the firstborn males of the Egyptians (this was the worst of the plagues of Egypt), but God would see the blood on the Israelites' houses, and he would command his angel to “pass over” — to kill no one there. God told Moses that the Israelites were to repeat the meal each spring on the anniversary of their departure from Egypt. The Jews (see also Jews ) keep the festival of Passover to this day.
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Example Sentences
Around Passover 2011, Dalia, who is now 40, had just lost her husband and was suddenly a single widow with four songs.
The New York Board of Rabbis would send in cases of macaroons for the congregation at every Passover.
And for some regional variety, in Iran with its nuclear ambitions, every day is Passover.
For now, however, Jews should feel relieved that they got through Passover without any further incidents.
If the Passover leaflet from 2014 was nothing but a joke, then it was nonetheless a sick and twisted one.
On the first of Tishri the universe was created, and during the Passover was Isaac born.
The Jewish religion prescribed circumcision, the observance of the Sabbath, the giving of alms, the feast of the Passover.
Some expositors claim that the beginning of the year in Ezekiel's vision was in the month of Nisan commemorating the Passover.
Passover was first kept in Egypt; its precious meaning is well known to all Christians.
That passover parable comes out of the anguish of the great Redeemer's heart.
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