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Also Known As Pesach • Festival of Unleavened Bread • Hag ha-Matzot • Pesaḥ

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Passover seder
Moses and the Israelites
Seder plate
Matzos
Passover at the end of World War II
Passover in the White House
Passover plate
What and when is Passover?
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