Yeshivish glossary term
Pesach
פסח
Meaning
- Passover festival
- festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt
Alternate spellings
Passover
Usage and context
A major pilgrimage festival beginning on the fifteenth of Nissan.
- Category
- Pesach
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
We are going away for Pesach.
Plain-English example
We are traveling for Passover.