This year, the Christian Passover and Passover coincide and the Israelite community of Misiones is also preparing its celebrations.

The Jewish holiday is governed by the Hebrew Calendar and therefore, its dates do not generally coincide with the celebrations governed by the Gregorian. Despite this year, the Easter and Easter coincide their dates the same weekend.

Tamara Magram, Israeli community in Misiones – Cbad 12

The Easter It's a Jewish holiday commemorating the liberation of the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt, as told in the book Pentateuch, basically in the Book of exodus. The Hebrew people consider the story of the departure from Egypt as a milestone for the conscience of Jacob's descendants, his identity being defined in terms of a free and law-abiding nation. Pbadover o Hebrew Easter (to distinguish it from the Easter feast of the resurrection celebrated by Christianity).

The pbadage through the Red Sea that Moses led is the historic landmark recalled in the Pbadover.

Tamara Magram executive director of the Israelite community missions, he said "we celebrate the The Pbadover that has just coincided this year with the date of the Christian Easter and we celebrate the liberation of the Jewish people of Egypt. It is the pbadage of slaves to freedom, that is the reason for the celebration"

Meals and symbolisms typical of the Jewish celebration during Pbadover.

He also explained "The festivities of the Jewish calendar are governed by the Hebrew calendar and not by the Gregorian calendar, which we usually use. In the Hebrew calendar, the Pbadover has a fixed date, but it does not always coincide, because it is governed by the moon and not by the sun, like the Gregorian."

The holiday of Pesach begins at sunset on the 14th of Nisan, which usually falls in the month of April of the Gregorian calendar. Pbadover is the feast of spring, so the sunset of Nisan 14 begins the night of the full moon after the vernal equinox. To make sure that the Pbadover does not begin until the spring, Jewish tradition indicates that the first day of Nisan could not begin until barley is ripe, this being the indicator of early spring. If barley was not ripe or if other phenomena were occurring, it indicated that spring was not imminent and that a leap year was declared, interspersed with one month additional, the month of Adar II. From the 4th century, the date begins to be fixed mathematically more than by the prevailing weather conditions.

"The party is with the family, a dinner we call SPbadover publisher, where there are two nights that people celebrate where, according to the customs, a series of rituals, such as eating unleavened bread. All this symbology practiced from Friday to evening represents all the sufferings of the Jewish people and, in turn, many things related to the release, so that we can experience the bitterness and sense of the Liberation."Said the executive director of the Israelite community.

Unleavened bread symbolizes poverty and is a traditional meal during Pbadover.

He also explained how the community celebrations take place, "the first night is usually with the family, but the second night, which will be Saturday, is made with the community a Seder of Pbadover"

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