pesach
Usage examples of "pesach".
Although holidays such as Pesach do coincide with the calendar dates of ancient miracles, the purpose of these holidays is something much more pertinent to our lives than mere remembrance.
A portion of the Pesach celebration, for example, pertains to the ten plagues that helped win freedom for the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt.
We celebrate Pesach in order to connect with the Light that brought freedom from that bondage in the past and that can likewise bring us freedom right now.
When we recall the ten plagues at Pesach, we do so not as a historical exercise, but in order that we ourselves may be purified by this Light just as our forebears have been, not just in Egypt but wherever and whenever this holiday has been celebrated.
On holidays, she celebrated in muted fashion-a polite Pesach Seder and a Yom Kippur fast.
Thus, a typical traveler would have five days per week available for travel, and there are typically 109 days available for travel between Pesach and Rosh Hashana.