Editing Passover (section)

== Notable events on Passover ==
'''BC'''
# Abel offered the lamb which was accepted<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torch: Torah Weekly |url=https://www.torchweb.org/torah_detail.php?id=650 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.torchweb.org}}</ref>
# The war of [[Abraham]] and the four kings when he went to rescue [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Ginzberg |first=Louis |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1493 |title=The Legends of the Jews – Volume 1 |date=1998 |language=English |translator-last=Szold |translator-first=Henrietta}}</ref>
# The Covenant Between the Parts (1743 BCE): God forged a special covenant with Abraham. Genesis 15:13–18<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Passover |url=https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=4/23/2024}}</ref>
# Abraham receives three visitors and prepares a meal for them. He receives the promise that [[Sarah]] will have a child next year.<ref name=":2" />
# The two angels go to Lot's house and spend the night with Lot. The next morning Sodom is destroyed.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Abraham's Passover {{!}} Read {{!}} Messiah Online {{!}} FFOZ |url=https://ffoz.org/messiah/articles/god-fearers-abrahams-passover |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=ffoz.org}}</ref>
# [[Isaac]] was born on the first day of Passover.<ref name=":1" /> The Akedah happened on the same day as well, years later.<ref>https://www.sefaria.org/Shemot_Rabbah.15.11?lang=en</ref>
# Issac asking [[Esau]] to prepare a meal for him so he can bless him.<ref name=":1" />
# Jacob wrestles with an angel and his name is changed to Israel. Genesis 32:25–29<ref name=":3" />
# Moses at the burning bush. One year before the exodus, God speaks to Moses from the burning bush to go and deliver Israel.<ref name=":3" />
# The Exodus. The children of Israel were protected by the blood of the lamb during the plague of the death of the firstborn. They were miraculously healed that night and walked out of Egypt in the morning. God gave them favour with their neighbors and they asked and received precious articles which was used to build the tabernacle.<ref name=":3" />
# [[Gideon]]'s victory over [[Midian]] and the barley cake dream<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ginzberg |first=Louis |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2882 |title=The Legends of the Jews – Volume 4 |date=2001 |language=English |translator-last=Radin |translator-first=Paul |translator-last2=Szold |translator-first2=Henrietta}}</ref>
# King [[Hezekiah]] was healed and the [[Assyrian siege of Jerusalem|Assyrian army defeated by an angel]], killing 185,000 soldiers<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-17 |title=Pesach and the Miraculous End of the Assyrian Siege of Yerushalayim By Rabbi Chaim Jachter |url=https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/pesach-and-the-miraculous-end-of-the-assyrian-siege-of-yerushalayim-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Kol Torah |language=en-US}}</ref>
# Queen Vashti is executed by King Achashverosh paving the way for Esther to become queen.<ref name=":3" />
# [[Esther]]'s fast was proclaimed during the Passover. [[Haman]] erected the gallows for [[Mordecai]] on the first night of the Passover. The same night, King [[Ahasuerus]] could not sleep and that resulted in the downfall of Haman.<ref name=":0" />
# Daniel spends a night in the Lion's Den<ref name=":3" />
# King [[Belshazzar]] of Babylon made use of the vessels of the temple and was subsequently judged by the handwriting on the wall.<ref name=":0" />
'''AD'''

# AD 30, Jesus instituted the Last Supper in Jerusalem and died on the cross.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew 26:2 – The Plot to Kill Jesus |url=https://biblehub.com/matthew/26-2.htm |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Bible Hub}}</ref>
# 1979 – Uganda – Judaism was banned by [[Idi Amin]] in 1971. On Wednesday, 11 April 1979, corresponding to 14 Nisan 5739, Passover Night the new Government, composed of [[Uganda–Tanzania War|Ugandan rebels and Tanzanian troops]], declared freedom of worship. And Passover was commemorated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sizomu |first=Gershom |date=April 12, 2014 |title=A miracle in Uganda |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-miracle-in-uganda-2/ |work=Times of Israel}}</ref>