Friday November 22, 2024

Passover 2014


Jewish family in Israel sitting down to enjoy Passover dinner.
April 2014
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April Fools Day
Tuesday April 1
-10 years, -7 months, -21 days
or -3888 days

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Palm Sunday
Sunday April 13
-10 years, -7 months, -9 days
or -3876 days

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Passover
Tuesday April 15
-10 years, -7 months, -7 days
or -3874 days

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Good Friday
Friday April 18
-10 years, -7 months, -4 days
or -3871 days

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Easter
Sunday April 20
-10 years, -7 months, -2 days
or -3869 days

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Earth Day
Tuesday April 22
-10 years, -7 months
or -3867 days

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Passover for the year 2014 starts on Tuesday, April 15th and ends the 7 day holiday on Monday, April 21st. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Monday, April 14th. For Reform and Reconstructionist Jews who follow the Biblical text they celebrate the holiday over 7 days, however, Orthodox, Hasidic, and other Jews in the Diaspora will celebrate the holiday as 8 days ending on Tuesday, April 22nd.


Passover is a spring festival that begins in the months of March or April on the Gregorian calendar. Passover starts on the 15th day of the month of Nisan which is on the first night of a full moon after the northern vernal equinox (except leap months can make the festival start after the second full moon after the northern vernal equinox as in the year 2016).


The 7 or 8 day festival is one of the most important celebrations on the Hebrew calendar commemorating the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. It begins with families gathering together the first night (first 2 nights for many communities outside Israel) for dinner called seder (meaning “order” of “arrangement” in Hebrew) and ends 7 to 8 days later.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Passover 2014

Tuesday, April 15th is day number 105 of the 2014 calendar year with -10 years, -7 months, -7 days until the start of the celebration of Passover 2014.


Passover
Name(s):Passover, Pesach
Type:Observance, Jewish
When:Begins 15th day of Nisan and ends 21st day of Nisan (7 day – Israel and liberal Diaspora) and ends 22nd day of Nisan (8 day – outside Israel traditional Diaspora) on the Hebrew Calendar

Dates for Passover

HolidayDateDays to Go
Passover 2023 Thursday, April 06, 2023 -596
Passover 2024 Tuesday, April 23, 2024 -213
Passover 2025 Sunday, April 13, 2025 142
Passover 2026 Thursday, April 02, 2026 496
Passover 2027 Thursday, April 22, 2027 881
Passover 2028 Monday, April 10, 2028 1235


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