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'''Pesach''' is the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[holiday]] celebrating the [[Bible|biblical]] escape from [[Egypt]].
'''Pesach''' [Hebrew:פסח] often called Passover<ref>[http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm Exodus 12:11-12]</ref>, is the [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[holiday]] celebrating the [[Bible|biblical]] escape from [[Egypt]].
[[category:Holidays]]
The festival begins on the 14<sup>th</sup> of Nissan. In [[Israel]] there is one day festival [חג], five intermediate days [חול המועד] and the 7<sup>th</sup> day is also a holiday. In the [[diaspora]], there are two day of festival, four intermediate days and another two days of festival.
==Laws and Customs==
*For the entire length of the festival, Jews refrain from eating leavened foods (חמץ).
*On the first night (in the diaspora, first two nights), a [[Seder]] is conducted.
==Notes==
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[[category:Jewish Holidays]]
[[category:Judaism]]