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The holiday where bread becomes contraband and dinner comes with homework.
means A major Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by the seder meal and the retelling of how the ancient Israelites were spared while plagues struck their oppressors.
from From the Hebrew 'Pesach,' meaning 'to pass over' or 'to skip' — tied to the Exodus story in which the angel of death, marking Israelite homes with lamb's blood on the doorposts, passed over those houses and spared the firstborn inside while striking the households of their Egyptian captors. The English name is a direct, literal translation of that Hebrew root, coined by early Bible translators to carry the same image across languages.
- origin
- Commemorates the exodus from slavery in Egypt
- name meaning
- God passed over Israelite homes during the plague
- duration
- Lasts seven or eight days depending on tradition
- signature food
- Matzah, because the dough had no time to rise