Passover is an important weeklong religious holiday celebrated by the Jewish community to honor the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt. Here's what to know.

Passover, called Pesach, gets its name from a pretty dark story: When Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, God unleashed 10 plagues on Egypt. The 10th plague was the death of every firstborn son.

The Passover story starts almost 200 years before the Exodus, when Pharoah, ancient Egypt’s king, initially subjugated the Jewish people, taking them as slaves to protect his kingdom from the ...

“Jews were slaves for 400 years in Egypt,” explained Rabbi Shoshana Feferman as she led the Sunday school class. “By God’s miracle, they left Egypt and spent 40 years in the desert.” ...

Every Passover for centuries, Jewish families around the world have gathered to retell the story of the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt, more than 3,000 years ago.

Passover, taking place this week and being celebrated through Seder meals and other rituals by Jews like Kodsi worldwide, traces the Biblical story of the Jewish liberation from Egypt.

Passover commemorates the liberation of Jews from slavery in Egypt and the “passing over” of God’s forces of destruction, sparing the Israelites’ firstborn.

The weeklong festival of Passover, celebrating the Biblical story of the Israelite slaves’ escape to freedom from ancient Egypt, begins on Wednesday evening, April 5.

The story of the Jewish Exodus from Egypt has inspired countless peoples suffering in slavery or oppression, notably black slaves in America during a shameful part of our history. It is a reminder ...

Both Passover and Easter are about freedom. Freedom from original sin in Easter and freedom from Egyptian slavery in Passover. It is hell to live without hope, and religion saves people from hell.

Since our family had fled from Europe in the summer of 1940 and were among the pitifully few Jews admitted to Canada during the war, we needed no such directive to experience Passover personally.

What is Passover? Temple Beth El in Pensacola describes Passover as a major Jewish spring festival that commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt over 3,000 years ago.