1. When does Passover begin?

Passover begins at sundown on Monday, March 29, which corresponds to the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. (This has nothing to do with Japanese cars. Nissan was the Tokyo stock exchange symbol for holding company Nippon Sangyo which means Japanese Industries.)

Passover begins on the full moon

The Jewish month of Nissan is the first month of the Jewish Year, yet Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year is observed in the 7th month (usually in September). The internet says that this is not so strange because in the United States there are fiscal years and school years that don’t begin on January 1. My totally random guess is that different tribes had different New Year’s celebration and this is some kind of compromise.

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