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In the scriptures the Passover Jews celebrate is actually two holidays called:

1)"Pesah" 2)"Hag hamatzot"

Pesah is in the 14th of the month of Nisan in the evening through the night and "Hag Hamatzot" starts in the 15th of Nisan and continues 7 days.

(As written in Leviticus 23)

Today Jews start celebrating the combination of the two that is called Passover in the the night of the 14th when they practice a ritual meal called "Leyl Haseder" and then keep on in the 15th for 7 days.

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The biblical commandment is that each family should make its Passover offering on the 14th of Nissan and then take the meat home from the Temple and eat it that evening. So, while the sacrifice is to be performed during the day of the 14th, the meat is to be consumed in a festive meal that evening, which is the 15th. Since the destruction of the Temple by the Imperial Roman army in the year 70, the sacrifice is no longer done, so the festive meal begins at the sundown marking the start of the 15th. During the meal, Jews recall the eating of the sacrifice with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, substituting charoset (a nut and fruit relish) for the meat. For the following week, observant Jews refrain from eating any leavened grain products, although it is only on the first night that the commandment to eat unleavened bread really applies. Because of uncertainty about the date, traditional Jews outside the Land of Israel add an extra day to the festival and hold seders on both the first and second nights.

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