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Fast of the Firstborn (Hebrew: תענית בכורות‎ Ta’anit B’khorot or תענית בכורים Ta’anit B’khorim); is a unique fast day in Judaism which usually falls on the day before Passover (i.e. the fourteenth day of Nisan a month in the Jewish calendar. Passover always begins on the fifteenth of the Hebrew month).

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country
Judaism, Jews
meaning
This fast commemorates the salvation of the Israelite firstborns during the Plague of the Firstborn
similar
Passover
type
Judaism

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