Passover 2012

Passover is a festivity that remembers that day in history whereby the Jewish people were allowed to enjoy freedom from the slavery in Egypt. Jewish people were previously considered as slaves, and all that they wished was liberty. The Pharaoh had given the decree that all the male Jewish members should be killed as they had been continuously becoming strong. The tradition of Passover states that a pair named Jocheved and Amran, was ready to undergo any kind of struggle for saving their infant son and for that matter they placed him inside a basket and got him afloat. Thereafter they sent their daughter, Miriam to gather information about the baby being rescued from the river banks and it was none other than Pharaoh's daughter who came to the rescue of the baby.

During his growing up days, he developed empathy for the Jewish slaves, and in due course when he found out that he himself was a Jew, he wanted to come to the rescue of his own people and also asked for Pharaoh’s help to get the Jewish slaves freed. But Pharaoh denied to offer any such help to him.

When is Passover?

Now, this is why the Passover festival is one of the most rejoicing ones. Passover is usually celebrated for a continuous stretch of 8 days (7 days for Reform Jews). The festival of Passover generally starts on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and ends on the 22nd of Nisan. But in Israel, the Passover festival lasts for only seven days.

The Passover 2012 will start on April 06 and continue up to April 13.

The details of the 2012 Passover are as follow:

First Seder - Night of Monday, April 18
First Day - Tuesday April 19
Second Seder - Night of Tuesday April 19
Second Day - Wednesday, April 20
Seventh Day - Monday, April 25
Eighth Day - Tuesday, April 26

The other dates of Passover after 2012 in the following years are as follows : 2012: April 6-13
2013: March 26-April 2
2014: April 15-22
2015: April 4-11

The Passover festival follows this pattern – the first two days of Passover festival comprises of full-fledged enjoyment. There are no-work-allowed holidays, with the succeeding four days named as Chol Hamoed, with work being allowed, even if there are certain limitations. This Chol Hamoed day is trailed after by another two full holidays.

The Passover 2012 celebrations surely would be like any other year but in a manner one would want to make it a bit different by instilling a bit of creativity and innovation. There could be innovations top decorate the house, some creativity in preparing the tasty food. It is mandatory to clean the house off from all kinds of yeast foods, called hametz. It is a rule to eat up all the hametz before Passover or it could also be sold off to non-Jewish friends and neighbors. The food items that are “Kosher for Passover” are allowed in the Passover celebration. Instead of yeast foods, only matzoh and foods comprising of matzoh are eaten.

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