Definitions
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- proper noun The
Jewish festival ofPassover .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
Etymologies
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Examples
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Passover is often translated from the term Pesach, which means to 'pass over' or 'to protect.'
unknown title 2009
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Today is the second official day of Passover and all things unleavened and although most truly observant Jews have their Seders on the first two days of what we call Pesach so one of them can occur at the same time as the one being conducted in Israel, we ...
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Today is the second official day of Passover and all things unleavened and although most truly observant Jews have their Seders on the first two days of what we call Pesach so one of them can occur at the same time as the one being conducted in Israel, we in Organic Fam have ours more conveniently on the following weekend.
Ten Things Tuesday – PASSOVER « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007
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A couple of days ago, on Passover, I got to wondering if there was a connection between the Hebrew word "Pesach," meaning Passover, and the word "Paschal" referring to Easter in Church Latin and various Romance languages.
Science Made Cool 2009
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Pesach is the commemoration of the Exodus story and the creation of the Jewish people, but it can also be a universal story of enslavement [...] [Read more →]
2005 April 2005
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In other words, was it not most natural, that any providential preservation or deliverance of the Jewish people should be called by the word Pesach, the term used to deno - minate that recorded act whereby the first great preservation and deliverance of Israel was effected?
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Passover, the Jewish holiday known as Pesach in Hebrew, commemorates the Israelites' escape from Egyptian slavery and is observed with ritualized meals that consist of...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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Passover, the Jewish holiday known as Pesach in Hebrew, commemorates the Israelites' escape from Egyptian slavery and is observed with ritualized meals that consist of...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Laura Geller 2011
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Passover, the Jewish holiday known as Pesach in Hebrew, commemorates the Israelites' escape from Egyptian slavery and is observed with ritualized meals that consist of...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie 2011
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Penn Valley native Jeremy Stadlin, who often goes by his Hebrew name Pesach, is crisscrossing the country in a school bus that's fueled by vegetable oil, but he's not exactly vegging out.
Jewish Exponent News 2009
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