It is on the 15th of Nissan, the first Hebrew month. The Jewish calender is based on the moon, but extra months are added so that over a period of 19 years, the cycles meet up, in a way. The months are based on the moon, but an extra month is added some years to keep the calender in sync with the seasons.
The Seder is held on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in Israel and the 15th and 16th of Nisan outside of Israel which translates to March or April on the Gregorian Calendar. In total, Passover is 7 days in Israel and 8 days outside of Israel.
Passover is celebrated on the days of 15 to 21 Nisan in Israel; and one day (22 Nisan) is added outside of Israel.
This year (2012), Pesach (Passover) is celebrated beginning Friday before sundown (late afternoon of April 6), and ending one week later. Outside of Israel, April 14 will be the last day of Pesach (Passover).
Pesach occurs in the spring, often in April. In the Hebrew calendar, Pesach begins on the 15th of the month of Nisan.
Every Saturday is a resting day the for Jews (beginning at Friday evening).
to understand Jewish holidays you need to know that Jewish holidays are determent by the Hebrew calendar which is a moon based calendar. The same Hebrew date can occur in June or July, it depends on the synchronization between the calendars in that year....
some Jewish years are added a month in order to keep it synchronized with the sun.
Notable Jewish holidays from Augost -September (depends on the year) onwards -
Rosh Hashana, Yom-Kippur, Sukot, hoshaana raba, simchat Tora,Hanukkah,tu bishvat,Purim, pesahch(passover), lag baOmer, Shavuut.
Sukot and Passover also represent seasonal changes sukot - winter and passover - spring.
Usually Hanukkah is around Christmas, Passover is around Easter and Shavuut around June.
So i hope you get the picture...
Many of these holidays are found in Leviticus ch.23. The holidays begin at sunset and last until after nightfall around 25 hours later.
Each festival has its specific laws:
There are always Jews who celebrate Passover regardless of the location or circumstances. Jews celebrated Passover in the ghettos, and then in the concentration camps.
Yes, because Passover is a Jewish festival. see also:What_do_Jews_do_when_celebrating_passover
Irish Jews celebrate Passover the same way as Jews all over the world.
German Jews celebrate Passover, too.
Passover is usually only celebrated by Jews
The same way that all other Jews observe Pesach (Passover).
Jewish people celebrate Passover to celebrate their people's liberation from slavery. The holiday celebrates when Jews were freed from slavery in Ancient Egypt.
Jews still celebrate Passover to this day.
There is no such thing as a "reformed" Jew. It is called "reform Jew". Reform Jews celebrate passover as a commoration of the exodus of the ancestors of the Jews from Egypt and into freedom, which is the same meaning passover has to Conservative and Orthodox Jews.
the event they celebrate passover is exodus
The Philippines has Jews, and they celebrate Passover, too.
a passover would be the closes thing...