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Passover (Pesach) 2018
פסח
Passover (Pesach) 2018: from the evening of March 30, 2018 until April 7, 2018.
- Begins on the evening of
- Ends
- Length
- 8 days
- In the Hebrew calendar
- 15 Nisan
- 5778
About the holiday
The exodus from Egypt is retold every year at a table rather than from a lectern: the seder is built as a run of questions, and the youngest person present asks them. For eight days nothing leavened is eaten, and the house is cleared of it beforehand, which is where the spring cleaning comes from. Matzah is the bread of a departure too rushed to let dough rise.
Other holidays in 2018
- Tu BiShvat
- Purim
- Yom HaShoah
- Lag BaOmer
- Shavuot
- Tisha B’Av
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Sukkot
- Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
- Hanukkah
The exact candle-lighting time depends on sunset where you are. Check with your local community.