"Passover or Pesach (/ˈpɛsɑːx, ˈpeɪ-/; Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ) is a major Jewish holiday and one of the most widely celebrated Jewish holidays. Together with Shavuot and ...
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Sukkot, Passover was one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Shalosh Regalim) during which the entire population of the kingdom of Judah made a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. Samaritans still make this pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim, but only men participate in public worship.
During the existence of the Temple in Jerusalem, Passover was a spring festival that was connected to the offering of the "first-fruits of the barley", as barley was the first grain to ripen and to be harvested in the Land of Israel. The festivals now associated with the Exodus (Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot) began as agricultural and seasonal feasts but became completely subsumed into the central narrative of Israel´s deliverance from oppression at the hands of God.[10]" - (en.wikipedia.org 07.03.2020)
