{"id":28278,"date":"2006-06-29T21:46:59","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/passover\/when_does_passover_begin\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T11:49:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:49:51","slug":"when_does_passover_begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/when_does_passover_begin\/","title":{"rendered":"When does Passover Begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Pesach-2-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Pesach-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Pesach-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Pesach-2.jpg 900w\" alt=\"Pesach\" width=\"266\" height=\"177\" \/>According to Biblical law, Passover is determined by the Jewish lunar calendar, and begins on the eve of the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan. The English date varies from year to year, falling in March or in April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org:443\/calendar\/#holidays\">View our holiday calendar for the English dates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Biblical law, Passover is determined by the Jewish lunar calendar, and begins on the eve of the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan. The English date varies from year to year, falling in March or in April. 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