Passover | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

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00:02:03 1 Etymology
00:04:33 2 Origins
00:05:53 3 The biblical narrative
00:06:03 3.1 In the Book of Exodus
00:09:10 3.2 Other biblical mentions
00:11:09 3.3 In extra-biblical sources
00:12:12 4 Date and duration
00:14:43 5 Passover sacrifice
00:18:06 6 Removing all leaven (ichametz/i)
00:21:01 6.1 Interpretations for abstinence from leaven or yeast
00:21:51 7 Sale of leaven
00:23:47 8 Search for leaven
00:25:02 8.1 Blessing for search of chametz and nullification of chametz
00:27:24 9 Morning of 14th of Nissan
00:27:45 9.1 Fast of the Firstborn
00:28:39 9.2 Burning and nullification of leaven
00:30:32 10 Separate kosher for Passover utensils and dishes
00:31:51 11 Matzah
00:35:22 12 Passover seder
00:39:09 12.1 Maror
00:39:45 12.2 Four cups of wine
00:40:28 12.3 The four questions and participation of children
00:42:09 12.4 Afikoman
00:43:04 12.5 Concluding songs
00:43:51 13 Counting of the Omer
00:46:39 14 Chol HaMoed: The intermediate days of Passover
00:48:59 15 Seventh day of Passover
00:50:11 16 Second Passover
00:51:35 17 Traditional foods
00:53:25 18 Sermons, liturgy, and song
00:56:02 19 Influence on other religions
00:56:13 19.1 Christianity
00:56:33 19.2 Islam
00:57:40 20 See also



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Passover or Pesach (; Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ/ Peḏaḥ) is a major Jewish holiday and one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. Together with Shavuot and Sukkot, Passover was one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh Regalim) during which the entire population of the kingdom of Judah made a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Samaritans still make this pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim, but only men participate in public worship.During the existence of the Temple in Jerusalem, Passover was a spring festival that was connected to the offering of the "first-fruits of the barley", as barley was the first grain to ripen and to be harvested in the Land of Israel.  The festivals now associated with the Exodus (Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot) began as agricultural and seasonal feasts but became completely subsumed into the central narrative of Israel's deliverance from oppression at the hands of God.In the Book of Exodus, God helped the Israelites escape from slavery in ancient Egypt by inflicting ten plagues upon the Egyptians before the Pharaoh would release the Israelite slaves. The last of the plagues was the death of the Egyptian first-born. The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a slaughtered spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew to pass over the first-born in these homes, hence the English name of the holiday.Passover commences on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Nisan and lasts for either seven days (in Israel and for Reform Jews and other progressive Jews around the world who adhere to the biblical commandment) or eight days for Orthodox, Hasidic, and most Conservative Jews (in the diaspora). The rituals unique to the Passover celebrations commence with the Passover Seder when the 15th of Nisan has begun.