Passover or Pesach (from: פֶּסַח in Hebrew Yiddish; Tiberian: [pɛsaħ] Modern Hebrew: [ˈpesaχ] Pesah Pesakh; Yiddish: Peysekh Paysakh Paysokh) is an important biblically derived Jewish festival. The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation over 3300 years ago by God from slavery in ancient Egypt that was ruled by the Pharaohs and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses.
Celebrates the Exodus the freedom from slavery of the Children of Israel from ancient Egypt that followed the Ten Plagues., Beginning of the 49 days of Counting of the Omer
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