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UK
/pˈæsəʊvɐ/
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[ US /ˈpæˌsoʊvɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpæˌsoʊvɝ/ ]
NOUN
- (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
How To Use Passover In A Sentence
- Moreover, it is expressly added that if the day before the Passover falls on a Sabbath, one may in this manner purchase a Paschal lamb, and, presumably, all else that is needful for the feast.
- Did you know that the green part of the horseradish plant was one of the five bitter herbs served on the traditional Passover seder plate during the reading of the Haggadah?
- After Passover, I called Avi again ... and was told to call back after Yom Haatzmaut. English-writing Israeli-bloggers
- Of all the Jewish holidays, Passover is my favorite. April 2008
- The Jewish feast of Passover began last night.
- For the few days of Passover, chametz and matzah are antithetical.
- These foods are called "chametz" and it's the prohibition against owning even a crumb of the stuff during Passover that creates the greatest levels of anxiety. BrothersJudd Blog
- (The word Easter appears only once in the King James Version of the Bible-in Acts 12: 4-where it is flagrantly mistranslated from the Greek word pascha, which should be translated "Passover," as most versions render it.) Latest Articles
- The word paschal actually comes from the Hebrew word for Passover.
- The 50th day, the day after counting the Omer is completed, is the holiday of Shavuot; it is in a very real sense the culmination of Passover.