Pesach 2128 / פֶּסַח 5888

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓

Pesach for Hebrew Year 5888 begins in Israel 🇮🇱 at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.

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DateDetail
Erev Pesach
Pesach I
Pesach II (CH’’M)
Pesach III (CH’’M)
Pesach IV (CH’’M)
Pesach V (CH’’M)
Pesach VI (CH’’M)
Pesach VII

Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.

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Dates for Pesach in Israel 🇮🇱

HolidayStartsEnds in Israel 🇮🇱Hebrew Dates
Pesach 2125 15-21 Nisan 5885
Pesach 2126 15-21 Nisan 5886
Pesach 2127 15-21 Nisan 5887
Pesach 2128 15-21 Nisan 5888
Pesach 2129 15-21 Nisan 5889
Pesach 2130 15-21 Nisan 5890
Pesach 2131 15-21 Nisan 5891
Pesach 2132 15-21 Nisan 5892

Tanakh

This page displays the Israel holiday schedule. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of modern Israel.

Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳

Torah Portion: Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25

  1. 1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim
  6. maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim

Pesach II (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ב׳ (חוה״מ)
Israel only - according to Vaani T'fillati Siddur Yisraeli

Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 28:19-25

  1. 1: Leviticus 22:26-23:8 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 23:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 23:15-44 · 30 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach Shabbat Chol ha-Moed / פֶּסַח שַׁבָּת חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד

Torah Portion: Exodus 33:12-34:26; Numbers 28:19-25; Song of Songs 1:1-8:14

  1. 1: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 33:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:20-23 · 4 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 34:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:4-10 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Megillah
  1. 1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  2. 2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  3. 3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  4. 4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  5. 5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  6. 6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim
  7. 7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim
  8. 8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Pesach IV (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ד׳ (חוה״מ)

Torah Portion: Exodus 22:24-23:19; Numbers 28:19-25

  1. 1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach V (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ה׳ (חוה״מ)

Torah Portion: Exodus 34:1-26; Numbers 28:19-25

  1. 1: Exodus 34:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach VI (CH’’M) / פֶּסַח ו׳ (חוה״מ)

Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25

  1. 1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Pesach VII / פֶּסַח ז׳

Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25

  1. 1: Exodus 13:17-22 · 6 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 14:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim
  6. maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim

Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Passover” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

Family Haggadah (Artscroll Mesorah Series)
by Scherkan Zlotowitz

A Different Night, The Family Participation Haggadah
by David Dishon and Noam Zion

Keeping Passover
by Ira Steingroot

Creating Lively Passover Seders
by David Arnow

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