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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Apr 12, 2025 9:10 PM UTCPublished: Mar 30, 2018 10:00 AM UTC  A family celebrates a Passover Seder at home and with family members across the country via video conference on April 8, 2020, in San Anselmo, Calif. A family celebrates a Passover Seder at home and with family members across the country via video conference on April 8, 2020, in San Anselmo, Calif. Ezra Shaw—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Apr 12, 2025 9:10 PM UTCPublished: Mar 30, 2018 10:00 AM UTC Passover, an important Jewish holiday, begins in 2025 at sunset on Saturday, April 12, and ends after nightfall on Sunday, April 20\. It is typically celebrated for seven days in Israel, whereas Jewish Americans tend to observe the holiday for eight days. In the U.S., there is sometimes gnashing of teeth over holiday greetings. If you’re stressing about how to wish your friends, colleagues, or loved ones a "Happy Passover," we have you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about Passover greetings: ## What is the proper Passover greeting? There are several different Passover greetings, depending on what language you’d prefer and how observant the person you’re sending your well-wishes to is. If you’d like to stick with English, “Happy Passover” is a perfectly acceptable greeting. For those who keep their home kosher for Passover (removing all chametz, or grains with leavening agents, from their residence in advance of the holiday), you can wish someone a “kosher and joyous Passover,” according the [Chabad.org](https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach%5Fcdo/aid/3584633/jewish/How-to-Wish-Happy-Passover-in-Hebrew-and-Yiddish.htm). You can also try your hand at wishing someone a "Happy Passover" in Hebrew: For beginners, you can say “Happy Pesach." Pesach is Hebrew for “Passover.” You can also say “[Chag Sameach](https://toriavey.com/what-is-passover/),” which translates to “Happy Festival” and is the Hebrew equivalent of “Happy Holidays.” To make this Passover greeting specific, you can add the word “Pesach” to the middle of that phrase—“Chag Pesach Samech.” To wish somebody a “kosher and joyous Passover” in Hebrew, it would be “chag Pesach kasher vesame’ach.” Be aware that the “ch” in these words (Pesach, chag, sameach, vesame’ach) is not pronounced the way you’d say “chapstick”; it’s pronounced like “Bach.” In the video below, you can see Angelica from the children's TV show _The Rugrats_ explain with the word Chanukah (another Jewish holiday). To wish somebody a "Happy Passover" in Yiddish, you would say “[Gut Yontif](https://forward.com/culture/114175/fronting-and-assimilating-to-a-gut-yontif/),” which translates to “Good Holiday.” [Yiddish](https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-languages-from-aramaic-to-yiddish/), one of the most well-know Jewish languages outside of Hebrew, was spoken by Ashkenazi (or Eastern European) Jews. (Other sects of Judaism have [different dialects](https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-languages-from-aramaic-to-yiddish/).) You may well use Yiddish phrases (oy vey, schmooze, schlep, etc.) in everyday life without even realizing it. The language is a German dialect that incorporates Hebrew words and is written with the Hebrew alphabet. ## What is Passover? Now that you know the correct Passover greetings, let’s get caught up on what Passover is. Passover is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the Israelites being freed from slavery in Egypt. It is observed for seven or eight days (depending on where you are located), and during the first two nights, Passover is celebrated with a home ritual known as the Passover Seder. The Seder (which means “order” in Hebrew) is celebrated around a dinner table. It includes the retelling of the Passover story—the story of Exodus from the Old Testament (or the Torah in Judaism)—blessings over food and wine, explanations of Passover symbols, discussions of freedom and social justice, and plenty of singing and eating. All of these rituals are performed in an order prescribed by a Passover-specific book known as a Haggadah (which means “telling” in Hebrew). ## When is Passover? The Passover dates change every year, because the Hebrew calendar does not line up with the Gregorian calendar. 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