When is Passover 2025? Dates, traditions, how is it celebrated?

Passover is a Jewish holiday that takes place every year. It commemorates the Hebrews' exodus from slavery in Egypt. The feast, also known as Pesach, is often filled with pomp and ceremony on the family's first night of Seder. Passover 2025 starts at evening of Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

• Passover occurs from the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan to the 22nd.
• The Passover 2025 takes place on 12 April 2025 and ends on 20 April 2025.
• Passover has specific time schedule: it starts at sundown and ends at nightfall.
• The first Seder of 2025 will be on 12 April 2025 while the second one will be on 13 April 2025.

What is Passover?

Passover, known as Pesach, is one of the most significant Jewish festivals and holidays. The celebration has been passed from generation to generation.

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The first celebration occurred about 1200 BC as a festival commemorating the emancipation of Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt. The Passover means the plague that killed firstborns in Egypt passed over the Jewish homes, sparing their children's lives.

The ceremony is also a way to celebrate Jewish freedom as a nation under God through the leadership of Moses. The festival lasts for either seven or eight days, depending on location. .

When is Passover 2025?

Passover occurs from the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan to the 22nd. This year, the Passover begins at evening of Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

The length of the feast is dependent on family tradition and the region. The Passover has a specific start and end time: it starts at sundown and ends at nightfall. Passover dates are different every year since they follow the solar and lunar cycles.

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How is Passover celebrated?

The public holiday is marked by gathering family and friends for the celebration. Passover has some key elements that include the following:

• Removal of Leaven (Chametz). Jewish homes must be cleaned, and all leaven, which symbolizes sin, must be removed. This process involves thoroughly cleaning from top to bottom, removing any food containing leaven.
• Ceremonial handwashing. The family gathers around the table, washes their hands using a special laver, and wipes themselves with a clean towel.
• The woman of the house puts the Passover candles on before the Passover Seder begins.
• The Haggadah reading. Haggadah is a text that retells the Exodus story alongside prayers, blessings, and narration of the significance of the Passover.
• The Passover Seder meal is taken.
• Breaking of the Afikomen. This tradition involves three pieces of matzah in a three-compartment bag. The middle is taken out and broken into two, and one piece is wrapped with linen and hidden to be retrieved later.

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Passover 2025 first Seder

Seder is the centrepiece of the celebration of the Festival of Unleavened Bread. It is the ceremony Passover meal taken on the first two nights of the feast.

The first Passover Seder of 2025 will be held on 22 April after sundown, and the second Seder will occur on 23 April at nightfall.

The Passover food prepared during the Seder are symbolic, and they include:

• Matzah (unleavened bread). It is made quickly to prevent it from rising and consists of flour and water only. It contains no leavening substance and is traditionally made from wheat, spelt, rye, barley, or oat.
• Bitter herbs (often horseradish).
• Four cups of wine.
• Charoset (a mixture of fruits and nuts).
• A roasted shank bone or chicken wing.

The Festival of Unleavened Bread in ancient times involved sacrificing a lamb, which was roasted and eaten during the Seder meal. This tradition ceased after the Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, but its significance remains.

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Happy Passover greetings

Send Passover greetings to your family, children and friends to celebrate this year. Whether you are Jewish or not, you can wish your loved ones a happy Passover. Here is what to write if you were wondering "how do you say Happy Passover?"

• Happy Passover!
• Chag Sameach! (Happy holiday!)
• Happy Pesach to you and yours. (Happy Passover to you and yours)
• Chag Pesach Sameach! (Happy Passover)
• Sweet Pesach. (Sweet Passover)
• Chag Pesach kasher vesame’ach! (Have a kosher and joyous Passover)
• Thinking of you this Passover.
• Wishing you a kosher and joyous Passover.
• Wishing you a meaningful Passover.
• Happy Passover to you and your family!
• Thinking of you during this time of reflection and renewal.
• Here’s to a meaningful Seder and a Happy Passover.
• Zissen Pesach! (Have a sweet Passover)
• Wishing you peace and blessings this Passover.
• May Passover be joyous for you this year!
• Thinking of you as you celebrate such an important time of renewal.
• Wishing you peace on Passover.
• Keeping you and our friendship in my heart during this season of blessings.
• I hope you have a prosperous Passover surrounded by loved ones.
• Wishing you the best at Passover and always.

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• Sending you love and gratitude for our friendship this Passover.
• Wishing you a happy Pesach and a blessed spring!
• May Passover be an auspicious sign of a great life ahead for you!
• Happy Passover from my family to yours!
• Here’s to a full plate and a happy heart this Passover. Grateful for all your friendship has brought to my life.
• Let’s celebrate the freedom of Passover together and honour our history!
• Thinking of you on Passover and our beautiful memories together.
• I’m grateful for your presence in my life on Passover and always!
• Love and light to you on Passover and always!
• Have a glorious Passover celebration this year.

Why are Easter and Passover different in 2024?

The two celebrations differ because the Jewish calendar is tied to solar and lunar cycles. This makes the dates of Passover and Easter fluctuate each year. Different calendars use full moons, leading to varying dates for Western Christians' Easter, Orthodox Easter, and the Jewish Passover.

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How often do Passover and Easter coincide?

Passover often coincides with Easter because they are both tied to tied to solar and lunar cycles. For example for this year 2025, the last day of Passover, 20th April is also Easter.

What does the year 2025 mean in Judaism?

2025 is the Hebrew year 5785 which is called the Year of the Hei. It is regarded as a time for women to claim their rightful place.

Why is Passover significant to Jews?

Pesach is meaningful because it commemorates the Jewish people's deliverance from ancient Egypt, where they had been enslaved. The story has been passed from generation to generation.

FAQs

1. What is Passover in the Bible? Passover means the last plague that freed Israelites from Egyptians that killed firstborns in Egypt and passed over the Jewish homes. It spared Jewish children.
2. When does Passover end? Passover 2025 ends on 20 April 2025.
3. Was Jesus crucified on Passover? No, Jesus was crucified during Easter which is celebrated by Christians. Passover is a Jewish holiday to celebrate the day Jewish children were spared while the plague killed Egyptian firstborns.
4. How long is Passover 2025? Passover 2025 lasts for 8 days. It begins on 12th April up to 20th April, 2025.

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