Today, April 6, 2012, is the first night of Pesach, the Jewish holiday known in English as "Passover." I wrote "first night" rather than "first day" because Jewish holidays begin at sundown. The first full day of Pesach is tomorrow, Saturday, April 7. Although most people familiar with this holiday know it for the feast known as the Seder, the holiday is actually much more than this one day. It is a three-part holiday composed of two days where orthodox Jews do no work, The next four days allow for limited work, and then there are two more work-free days.
This was a big celebration.
According to the classic book, The Jewish Festivals by Hayyim Schauss, the amazing thing about Jewish