Pesach is the Hebrew word for Passover, according to myjewishlearning.com. The name comes from the miracle in which God “passed over” the houses of the Israelites during the 10th plague.

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The holiday, also called Pesach in Hebrew, is observed for eight days in the U.S. It commemorates the biblical story of the ...

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This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance. For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast.

Passover is a translation of Pesach - the holiday's Hebrew name. The word Pesach references a crucial part of the festival's story. The Book of Exodus says that when the Israelites were enslaved ...