When do Jews celebrate Passover?

Answer 1

It is on the 15th of Nissan, the first Hebrew month. The Jewish calender is based on the moon, but extra months are added so that over a period of 19 years, the cycles meet up, in a way. The months are based on the moon, but an extra month is added some years to keep the calender in sync with the seasons.

Answer 2

The Seder is held on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in Israel and the 15th and 16th of Nisan outside of Israel which translates to March or April on the Gregorian Calendar. In total, Passover is 7 days in Israel and 8 days outside of Israel.

Answer 3

Passover is celebrated on the days of 15 to 21 Nisan in Israel; and one day (22 Nisan) is added outside of Israel.

This year (2012), Pesach (Passover) is celebrated beginning Friday before sundown (late afternoon of April 6), and ending one week later. Outside of Israel, April 14 will be the last day of Pesach (Passover).
Pesach occurs in the spring, often in April. In the Hebrew calendar, Pesach begins on the 15th of the month of Nisan.

Answer 4

Every Saturday is a resting day the for Jews (beginning at Friday evening).

to understand Jewish holidays you need to know that Jewish holidays are determent by the Hebrew calendar which is a moon based calendar. The same Hebrew date can occur in June or July, it depends on the synchronization between the calendars in that year....

some Jewish years are added a month in order to keep it synchronized with the sun.

Notable Jewish holidays from Augost -September (depends on the year) onwards -

Rosh Hashana, Yom-Kippur, Sukot, hoshaana raba, simchat Tora,Hanukkah,tu bishvat,Purim, pesahch(passover), lag baOmer, Shavuut.

Sukot and Passover also represent seasonal changes sukot - winter and passover - spring.

Usually Hanukkah is around Christmas, Passover is around Easter and Shavuut around June.

So i hope you get the picture...

Answer 5

Many of these holidays are found in Leviticus ch.23. The holidays begin at sunset and last until after nightfall around 25 hours later.

• Shabbat - every Saturday (beginning Friday at sunset)
• Rosh Chodesh - the new moon, every 29 or 30 days
• Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year, 2 days
• Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
• Yom Kippur - fast day, Day of Atonement, 1 day
• Sukkot - Tabernacles - 7 or 8 days
• Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - 1 or 2 days
• Hanukkah - Festival of Lights - 8 days
• Tu Bishvat - New Year of the Trees - 1 day
• Purim - 1 day, followed by 1 day of Shushan Purim
• Pesach - Passover - 7 or 8 days
• Sefirah - Counting of the Omer - 49 days
• Lag Ba'omer - 1 day
• Shavuot - Feast of Weeks; Yom HaBikurim; Pentecost - 2 days
• The Three Weeks and the Nine Days (days of mourning preceding Tisha b'Av; see below)
• Tu B'Av - 1 day

Fast days:

• Tzom Gedalya; the day after Rosh Hashanah
• Asara B'Tevet - 10th of the month of Tevet
• Ta'anit Esther - the day before Purim
• Shiva Asar B'Tamuz - 17th of Tamuz
• Tisha B'Av - 9th of the month of Av

The fasts start shortly before dawn and end at twilight, except for Tisha B'Av which starts the evening before at sunset and lasts for 25 hours. The 3 weeks between Shiva Asar B'Tamuz and Tisha B'Av is a period of mourning for the destruction of the Temple, referred to as "the 3 weeks" or Bein Hameitzarim. The mourning intensifies during the last 9 days of these 3 weeks.

Each festival has its specific laws:

• On Rosh Hashanah, the shofar (ram's horn) is blown, to mark the beginning of the Jewish year.
• Yom Kippur is a fast day on which Jews pray for forgiveness for all their sins. No eating, drinking, or bathing is allowed. Wearing leather shoes is also prohibited.
• On Sukkot Jews eat all their meals in outdoor arbor-canopied booths (Sukkah) in order to commemorate the Israelites' wanderings in the desert. Some will also sleep in the Sukkah. During the morning prayers on these days, we take the 4 minim consisting of a Lulav (young palm branch), an Etrog (Citrus Medica; citron), three Haddassim (Myrtle branches) and two Aravot(willow branches).
• On Hannukah the 8 branched menora is lit in the home; on the first night one candle, on the 2nd night 2 candles, until all 8 candles are lit on the 8th night.
• On Pesach leavened bread, cakes, pasta etc. are forbidden and unleavened Matzah is substituted. Passover begins with the Seder-meal commemorating and retelling the story of the Exodus. Matzah and ceremonial foods are eaten at the Seder.
• On Purim the story of Esther is read from a Megilat-Esther scroll and food baskets are given to friends and charity to the poor.
• On Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments.