Festivals commemorate significant moments in every religion’s calendar. Many Jewish festivals focus on remembering God’s saving power and that good overcomes evil.
Pesach, sometimes called Passover, is one of the most important Jewish festivals.
Jews remember how the IsraelitesThe descendants of the patriarchs who lived in the land of Canaan, which is also called the Land of Israel. left slavery behind them when MosesThe man chosen by God to save the Jews from slavery and take them to the promised land. In the Qur'an he is a messenger chosen by God to give the revelation of the Torah to the Israelites. led them out of Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.
Moses went to see the PharaohA ruler in ancient Egypt many times, but each time he refused to release the Israelites. Moses warned the Pharaoh that God would send ten plagues on Egypt if the Pharaoh did not let them go.
