Passover is the celebration of the Jews being freed from Egypt, known as the Exodus. It's celebrated each spring, though the timing varies, and is one of the most important Jewish holidays. Find out when Passover begins and ends in 2025, as well as its meaning and how it's celebrated (and what to eat for it!) here.Related: 50 Passover Trivia Questions
Passover 2025begins before sundown on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and ends after nightfall on April 20, 2025.
When Does Passover Start?
Passover in 2025 starts on the evening of April 12.
Passover ends at sundown on April 20.
How Many Days Is Passover?
Passover is eight days long, though some Jewish reform groups celebrate it for seven days.Related: The Best Online Haggadahs for Your Passover Seder
What Is Passover and How Is It Celebrated?
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Passover is typically celebrated with a feast called a seder on the first evening of the holiday, though some may extend seders to the second evening of Passover as well. While everyone's individual celebrations vary, the typical seder has several prayers, symbols and blessings specific to Passover and includes a special seder plate. Typically, the seder plate holds matzoh (unleavened bread), maror (bitter herbs), chazeret (bitter lettuce, often romaine), charoset (a pebbly-textured nut and fruit paste), karpas (a vegetable, often parsley, dipped in salt water, vinegar or charoset), zeroa (a roasted goat or lamb bone) and beitzah (a roasted egg).
Passover, called Pesach, gets its name from a pretty dark story: When Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, God unleashed 10 plagues on Egypt. The 10th plague was the death of every firstborn son. God told Moses to instruct Israelites to mark their doorposts with lambs' blood so God would "pass over" their homes and let their firstborn sons live.Related: How To Watch the Rugrats Passover Special
What Does Passover Celebrate?
Passover celebrates the Exodus when Israelites fled to freedom from their enslavement in Egypt.
Wishing someone a "happy Passover" is, no pun intended, totally kosher, per Chabad.org. That said, if you want to get more specific (and you know the person with whom you're speaking keeps a kosher home for Passover), you can wish them a "kosher and joyous Passover." You can also wish a celebrant a "happy Pesach."Related: 8 Ways To Cook Matzo
Why Is Matzo Eaten During Passover?
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According to the Torah, the Pharoah didn't give Israelites enough time for their bread to rise before they had to make their escape from Egypt. As a result, during Passover, celebrants only enjoy unleavened breads to honor and remind celebrants of the rush Jews were in to flee to freedom.
Specific dishes vary, but aside from matzah, other foods traditionally served during Passover include gefilte fish, roasted chicken, brisket, potato kugel (similar to a casserole), sweet potatoes and matzoh ball or egg drop soup.Related: The Best Passover Desserts
What Does Wine Symbolize During Passover?
The Torah instructs that at least four glasses of wine be consumed during the Passover seder, each symbolizing a different theme. They include salvation from harsh labor (Jewish slaves built pyramids), geographically leaving Egypt, Moses' parting of the seas and becoming their own nation at Sinai. Some seder celebrations include a fifth cup for the prophet Elijah, who oversees Passover, but no celebrants drink from the fifth cup.
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