| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
I'm a gentile, so please forgive what may be a very off-base understanding of Passover. I'm trying to gain a better understanding of it. Exodus states that a lamb is to be selected on the 10th of the month (of Nisan?), and that the lamb is to be killed and eaten on the 14th. Could someone please clarify for me what day is considered to be the start of Pesach? Passover started at sundown of Monday-Tuesday, right? Is today (Tuesday) the 10th of Nisan? How many days will Passover last (until sundown of Foo-Bar)? How is the date of Passover determined (is it relative to the full moon, which is also today)? Thanks for the help! bs
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 297.1 | ULTRA::OFSEVIT | Thu Apr 16 1987 10:19 | 20 | ||
Pesach starts on 15 Nisan and lasts 8 days (7 if you're in Israel
or if you're Reform). Bear in mind that Jewish "days" begin at
sundown (more or less) so that Monday evening this week was part
of 15 Nisan. A time line would look like this:
|Passover---------------------->|
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Nisan | 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21|*22| 23|
------------------------------------------
April | 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22|
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
* only for Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel
The rules for when each holiday occurs and how long it lasts,
along with many other details, are in the Torah in a couple of places,
but I don't have chapter and verse available right now. I'll leave
it as an exercise for the reader.
David
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| 297.2 | Full moon, Yes | DECSIM::GROSS | David Gross | Wed Jul 27 1988 14:50 | 8 |
> How is the date of Passover determined (is > it relative to the full moon, which is also today)? Jewish months begin on the new moon. The 15th day of any Jewish month must coincide with the full moon. Passover is first in the list of holidays in Leviticus. It was probably the original Jewish New Year. Dave [who is valiantly trying to catch up in this conference] | |||||