Passover
1 April 2026 · movable holiday — Happy Passover! Freedom, a family table and peace in every home.
Passover (Pesach) is one of the oldest Jewish festivals. It recalls the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt, as told in the Torah, and celebrates freedom and family. It begins on the 15th of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar and lasts seven days in Israel and often eight elsewhere. On the first evening families gather for the seder, a ritual meal where the Haggadah, the story of the exodus, is read. The table holds matzah (unleavened bread), bitter herbs and four cups of wine or grape juice. No leavened bread is eaten during the holiday. The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, so the date shifts against the civil calendar, yet Passover always falls in spring, near the equinox, and begins around the full moon, since the 15th of Nisan is the middle of a lunar month. Our symbol, matzah and a cup in starlight, quietly wishes peace to everyone who celebrates.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure made of luminous dots and fine lines, like a constellation: a flat round matzah and a simple cup, softly encircled by quiet starlight, drifting slowly across the night sky
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