The month in the
hebrew calendar for the celebration of
PESACH (Nissan 15) - 8 days - commemorates the
Exodus from
Egypt, from
slavery to
freedom
remove from house and do not eat or possess chometz (all food and drink made from wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt, or their derivatives) - through a rabbi, sell it to a non-Jew
search for and burn chometz
eat matzoh (unleavened bread)
conduct a seder on the first two nights
Sefirat Ha'Omer - the Counting of the Omer begins on the second night; we count 49 days and the next day is Shavuot
2ND DAY OF PESACH (Nissan 16)
1st intermediate day of Pesach(Nissan 17)
2nd intermediate day of Pesach(Nissan 18)
3rd intermediate day of Pesach(Nissan 19)
4th intermediate day of Pesach(Nissan 20)
7TH DAY OF PESACH (Nissan 21)
8TH DAY OF
PESACH - YIZKOR (Nissan 22)
(see also Passover)