In April, we celebrate Passover חַג הַפֶּסַח (Pesach), one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. During Pesach, we remember the יציאת מצרים (Exodus from Egypt), the journey of the Jewish people from slavery to freedom. The holiday falls in the spring, a time when nature renews itself and begins to bloom—just like the Jewish people, who were freed from Egypt and began a new life of freedom. The Hebrew months that fall in April are נִיסָן (Nisan) and אִיָּיר (I