God told Israel to do the passover because He wanted the people to remember how He led them out of Egypt where they were slaves of the Egyptians. The passover got its name from the time where the angel passed over Egypt and the firstborns of each family who didn't have lambs blood on their door frame would die.God speaking through Moses told the Israelite people to perform the ritual as a means to cause the angel of death to pass over their home and not stop there to kill their first born sons. In the years after it is performed as a remembrance of the final plague on the Egyptians which ultimately convinced them to let them be freed from their slavery.
The 1st passover was in Egypt.
Passover was and is celebrated according to God's command (Exodus ch. 12).
noAnswer:The start of Passover (Jewish days went from sunset to sunset). Jesus was crucified as our Passover Lamb on the daylight portion of Passover. He was buried just before the ending of Passover and the start of the High Annual Sabbath of the Feast of Unleavened Bread beginning the that evening at sunset.
"Passover in 2010 will start on Tuesday, the 30th of March and will continue for 7 days until Monday, the 5th of April." Found here: http://www.when-is.com/passover-2010.asp
Passover started at sundown on April 8, 2009, and ended April 15, 2009.
According to traditional chronology, the first Passover was in 1312 BCE.
it begins at nightfall of the end of "Pesak
It was first celebrated in Egypt the night before the Jewish people were freed.
According to the Jewish calendar, days start at sunset. Therefore, all holidays start at sunset.
Passover commemorates the Exodus from Egypt, but no one knows exactly when or where it was first celebrated as a holiday. If it's as old as the event it commemorates, it was most likely first celebrated in Israel.
In the Hebrew calender, Passover or Pesach begins on the fifteenth of Nisan. This year (2010) it begins in the evening of March 30th. Either March or April
The first sacrifice for Paysach (Passover) was the year that the Jews left Egypt.