Nisan
Jewish month
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Nisan is the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar. It typically falls in March or April of the Gregorian calendar. The major Jewish holiday of Passover begins on the 15th of Nisan and lasts for seven or eight days. During Passover, leavened products are prohibited, and only unleavened bread, known as matzo, is eaten. Matzo symbolizes both the Hebrews' suffering in bondage and the haste with which they left Egypt during the Exodus.123
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