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.

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.

“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.” ...

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.

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...