The question is often asked as to whether the Jewish calendar is lunar or solar. The correct answer is that it is both. The individual months are determined by the monthly cycle of the moon.

Passover begins before sundown on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and ends after nightfall on April 20, 2025, according to Chabad. Easter in 2025 will be observed on Sunday, April 20. It marks the last day ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. According to The Old Farmer's Almanac and long-term averages ...

Passover began on Saturday and will conclude on Sunday, April 20. The week-long holiday celebrates the liberation of ...

The holiday occurs during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, usually in March or April. It's observed with formally structured seders (festive, ritualized meals) among families ...

Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day as the nation came to a standstill to remember the victims of the Nazi genocide ...

Why do the dates for Passover change? The dates for Passover are based on the Hebrew calendar. It always falls on the 15th day of the month of Nissan, which is the first full moon after the spring ...

Traditionally, Jews take part in a seder, or Passover meal, to open the weeklong observance. Passover celebrates the emancipation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, as described in the Bible's ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here's when Easter and Passover are this year and why they fall "late" in ...

Passover is a Jewish holiday during the month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It usually falls on a day in March or April. The week-long holiday celebrates the Jewish Festival of Freedom ...