What day of the year is Passover?
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Scott Eaton
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Leviticus 23:5 says that Passover (also known as Pesach) begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month of the Hebrew calendar (known as Nisan). However, because that calendar is a lunar calendar rather than a solar calendar (such as the Gregorian calendar), the date of observance in accordance with the solar calendar changes from year to year (in the same way that the observance of events in the Christian season of Lent -- including Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter -- changes according to the Gregorian calendar). Also (as noted in the verse cited above), the Hebrew day begins at sundown of the previous calendar day, and ends at sundown on the day in question. The current normal range of possible dates for Passover according to the Gregorian calendar falls between March 26 (which begins at sundown on March 25) and April 25 (which ends at sundown on that date).
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