Passover is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Hebrews’ liberation from enslavement in Egypt and the “passing over” of God’s forces of destruction, which spared firstborn Israelites on the eve of the Exodus. The story is told in the Book of Exodus: Moses asks Pharaoh to “Let my people go”; God sends 10 plagues; and the Israelites flee immediately after the final plague. The holiday is observed in Judaism to commemorate the suffering in Egypt and as an appreciation of God’s role in granting liberation.
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