Pesach
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n. The Jewish holiday of Passover, which celebrates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, on which it is traditional to hold a seder and not eat chametz.
Example Sentences
"Pesach is early this year."
"But perhaps one of the most intriguing of Pesach stringencies is the widespread minhag not to 'mish' – not to eat anyone else’s food during the Pesach holiday, even if the other person keeps their chumros." (source)
"So Blanche, when are you starting to clean the house for Pesach?" (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
פסח
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
Pesah, Pesakh, Pesah
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