Passover

Passover is seven or eight days long to celebrate the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Passover happens on the fifteenth day of the month of Nissan. This holiday is celebrated for eight days if you are outside of Israel and you are not a reform Jew. The first two and last two days of Passover are celebrated with a festival. If you celebrate it for seven days the festivals are on the first and last day of Passover. The name Passover comes from the tenth plague when the angel of death went around and killed the first born of each family except the houses with the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts. The feast of Passover is to celebrate the liberation of the children of Israel who were lead out of Egypt by Moses. Matzo is the substitute for bread that you eat on Passover.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/holydays/passover_1.shtmlg/yomtov/pesach
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