Passover
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Passover is an annual celebration in the Jewish faith. It commemorates the escape of the ancient Jews from slavery in Egypt. It lasts for a week, and encompasses the Seder meal, at which unleavened bread[1] is eaten.
Its actual solar calendar dates vary, since its occurrence is based on the Jewish lunar calendar. Unlike similar lunar-dated Muslim observations, however, it stays in the same season, since the Jewish calendar uses varying length years (as measured in lunar months) to stay in alignment with the sun.
The Christian holy daze of Easter week were originally based on the timing of Passover, since that was why Jesus was in Jerusalem. The Last Supper was a celebration of Passover. However, both the Western and Eastern churches long ago divorced the exact timing of their Easter observations from the Jewish celebration, in order to make them less "Jewish". fnord
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- ↑ "Unleavened bread" resembles what goyim would know as crackers in modern times.
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