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# pesach

«pesach» in Mova's school dictionary: **the Hebrew name for Passover, a spring festival when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Pesach)

### meaning for a pupil

(Jewish faith) Pesach is the Hebrew name for Passover, a spring festival when Jewish people remember how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as told in the Book of Exodus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In religion lessons: families hold a Seder meal, read the story from a book called the Haggadah, eat matzah (flat bread without yeast) and other symbolic foods. In Christian lessons: the Last Supper took place at Passover time.

### examples

- Jewish families celebrate Pesach in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#x1)
- At Pesach, people eat matzah, flat bread made without yeast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#x2)
- The youngest child asks four questions at the Pesach Seder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#x3)
- Pesach remembers the escape from slavery in Egypt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#x4)
- Before Pesach, homes are cleaned of all bread with yeast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#x5)
- The Last Supper took place around the time of Pesach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/#x6)

### note

Proper noun, capital P. Said PAY-sakh (with a throaty «kh»). English name: Passover. The festival lasts seven or eight days.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pesach» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.