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Pesach
Pe·sach [ páy skh ]


noun 
Definition:
 
Passover: the Passover festival
[Early 17th century. < Hebrew pesaḥ< pāsaḥ "pass over"; because God passed over the Israelites' first-born (Exodus 12:11-27)]
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