Passover

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Jewish holiday biblical festival religious festival

Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Passover canonical	50
Pesach	7
Feast of Unleavened Bread	5
Festival of Unleavened Bread	1
Passover Seder	1
Passover festival	1
Passover festival in Jerusalem	1
Passover pilgrimage	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday ⓘ biblical festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
associatedFood	brisket ⓘ coconut macaroons ⓘ gefilte fish ⓘ matzah ball soup ⓘ
associatedWith	barley harvest in ancient Israel ⓘ
basedOnText	Book of Exodus ⓘ Torah ⓘ
calendarSystem	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Pilgrimage festival ⓘ Three Regalim ⓘ
centralRitual	Passover self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Passover Seder asking the Four Questions ⓘ avoiding chametz ⓘ drinking four cups of wine at the Seder ⓘ eating matzah ⓘ reciting the Haggadah ⓘ singing traditional songs ⓘ telling the Exodus story ⓘ
commemorates	ten plagues of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Exodus from Egypt Israelites’ liberation from slavery in Egypt ⓘ passing over of Israelite houses ⓘ tenth plague in Egypt ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central to Jewish identity ⓘ symbol of freedom ⓘ symbol of redemption ⓘ
duration	7 days in Israel ⓘ 8 days in the Jewish Diaspora ⓘ
endDateHebrewCalendar	21 Nisan in Israel ⓘ 22 Nisan in the Diaspora ⓘ
firstSederNight	evening of 14 Nisan ⓘ
HebrewName	Passover self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pesach
historicalPractice	Passover sacrifice in the Temple ⓘ
homePractice	family gathering for Seder ⓘ special holiday meals ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalText	Haggadah ⓘ Hallel ⓘ Song of Songs in some traditions ⓘ
meaningOfName	to pass over ⓘ
observedBy	Jews ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ surface form: Samaritans some Christians ⓘ
originLocation	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
prohibits	benefiting from chametz ⓘ eating chametz ⓘ owning chametz ⓘ
relatedTo	Easter in Christian tradition ⓘ Passover self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread Omer counting ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
requires	Seder plate with symbolic foods ⓘ bedikat chametz ⓘ biur chametz ⓘ eating matzah on the first Seder night ⓘ removal of chametz before the festival ⓘ
season	spring ⓘ
secondSederNight	evening of 15 Nisan in the Diaspora ⓘ
startDateHebrewCalendar	15 Nisan ⓘ
symbol	beitzah ⓘ charoset ⓘ karpas ⓘ maror ⓘ matzah ⓘ zeroa ⓘ
synagoguePractice	Torah readings about the Exodus ⓘ special holiday prayers ⓘ
typeOfDate	moveable date in Gregorian calendar ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Passover ⓘ

Easter → linkedToJewishHoliday → Passover ⓘ

Judaism → hasHoliday → Passover ⓘ

Last Supper → hasContext → Passover ⓘ

Book of Exodus → containsNarrativeOf → Passover ⓘ

Sukkot → relatedTo → Passover ⓘ

Passover → HebrewName → Passover self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pesach

Passover → centralRitual → Passover self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passover Seder

Passover → relatedTo → Passover self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread

Second Temple in Jerusalem → pilgrimageFestivalsObserved → Passover ⓘ

Shavuot → occursAfter → Passover ⓘ

Karaite Jews → observesHoliday → Passover ⓘ

Yom HaShoah → precededBy → Passover ⓘ

Persian Jews → observesHolidayWithLocalCustoms → Passover ⓘ

Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → practiced → Passover ⓘ

Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) → includes → Passover ⓘ

subject surface form: Yom Tov

Nisan → associatedWithFestival → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pesach

Nisan → majorHoliday → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread

Nisan → majorHoliday → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pesach

Nisan → festivalCommandedInTorah → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread

Samaritanism → observes → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Festival of Unleavened Bread

Musaf → recitedOn → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pesach

Machzor → usedOn → Passover ⓘ

Shalosh Regalim → consistsOf → Passover ⓘ

Haggadah → liturgicalOccasion → Passover ⓘ

Haggadah → associatedHoliday → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pesach

Hallel → usedOn → Passover ⓘ

Three Regalim → hasPart → Passover ⓘ

Weeks → follows → Passover ⓘ

Counting of the Omer → linkedToHoliday → Passover ⓘ

Three Pilgrimage Festivals → hasMember → Passover ⓘ

Three Pilgrimage Festivals → includesFestivalType → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passover pilgrimage

Chol HaMoed → partOf → Passover ⓘ

Israelites → culturalPractice → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passover festival

Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah → recitedOn → Passover ⓘ

Parting of the Sea of Reeds → commemoratedDuring → Passover ⓘ

Homilies on Exodus → focusesOn → Passover ⓘ

Finding in the Temple → timeOfYearInNarrative → Passover ⓘ

Lag BaOmer → follows → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pesach

New Testament Passion narratives → timePeriodDescribed → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Passover festival in Jerusalem

Five Megillot → associatedFestival → Passover ⓘ

Five Megillot → traditionalFestival → Passover ⓘ

subject surface form: Song of Songs

Exodus from Egypt → keyEvent → Passover ⓘ

Jewish Canadians → holiday → Passover ⓘ

Leviticus 23 → listsFestival → Passover ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Unleavened Bread