Every spring, Jews the world over gather to mark Passover, Judaism’s ancient celebration of divine deliverance
. As told in the Book of Exodus, Moses seeks freedom for enslaved Hebrews in Egypt, but Pharaoh refuses to let them go. Unleashing his wrath, God sets 10 plagues upon Egypt, each one worse than the next. The final one is most terrible of all: God will kill the firstborn son of each family in Egypt.
Hebrews shall repeat this ritual in thanksgiving to God for generations to come, Moses tells them and explains the guidelines for doing so. They will celebrate “from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day” of Nisan, the first month in the Hebrew calendar, which usually falls in late March and early April.
Modern Passover celebrations follow the rules set out in Exodus; even so, the ritual has evolved over the centuries.
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