D'var Torah for פֶּסַח / Pesach 5785 (12 April 2025 - 20 April 2025) Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Pesach 2025 / פֶּסַח 5785 Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread 🫓🍷

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Pesach for Hebrew Year 5785 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Saturday, 12 April 2025 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.

Pesach I / פֶּסַח א׳Sunday, 13 April 2025 / 15 Nisan 5785

Preparing Pesach and leaving Egypt

Torah Portion: Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25

1: Exodus 12:21-24 · 4 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 12:25-28 · 4 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 12:29-36 · 8 p’sukim 

4: Exodus 12:37-42 · 6 p’sukim 

5: Exodus 12:43-51 · 9 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim 

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Joshua 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 19 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Joshua 5:2-6:1, 6:27 · 16 p’sukim

Pesach II / פֶּסַח ב׳Monday, 14 April 2025 / 16 Nisan 5785

Pesach offereing, Counting the Omer, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur & Sukkot

Torah Portion: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 28:16-25

1: Leviticus 22:26-23:3 · 11 p’sukim 

2: Leviticus 23:4-14 · 11 p’sukim 

3: Leviticus 23:15-22 · 8 p’sukim 

4: Leviticus 23:23-32 · 10 p’sukim 

5: Leviticus 23:33-44 · 12 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:16-25 · 10 p’sukim 

Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9, 23:21-25 · 14 p’sukim

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 1 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם א׳Tuesday, 15 April 2025 / 17 Nisan 5785

Sanctifying first born (2 parchments in tefillin)

Torah Portion: Exodus 13:1-16; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Exodus 13:1-4 · 4 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 13:5-10 · 6 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 13:11-16 · 6 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 2 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ב׳Wednesday, 16 April 2025 / 18 Nisan 5785

No interest loans; not cursing Hashem or leaders; No Tailbearing; Shmittah Year

Torah Portion: Exodus 22:24-23:19; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Exodus 22:24-26 · 3 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 3 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ג׳Thursday, 17 April 2025 / 19 Nisan 5785

2nd set of Ten Commandments; 13 Attributes; Settling Promised Land; Passover; Sanctifying First Born

Torah Portion: Exodus 34:1-26; Numbers 28:19-25

1: Exodus 34:1-10 · 10 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 34:11-17 · 7 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 34:18-26 · 9 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Pesach Chol ha-Moed Day 4 / פֶּסַח חוֹל הַמּוֹעֵד יוֹם ד׳Friday, 18 April 2025 / 20 Nisan 5785

Pesach Sheni

Torah Portion: Numbers 9:1-14, 28:19-25

1: Numbers 9:1-5 · 5 p’sukim 

2: Numbers 9:6-8 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Numbers 9:9-14 · 6 p’sukim 

4: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Pesach VII (on Shabbat) / פֶּסַח ז׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)Saturday, 19 April 2025 / 21 Nisan 5785

Song of Songs 1:1-8:14

Megillah

Story of  Israel after the Exodus

1: Song of Songs 1:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

2: Song of Songs 2:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

3: Song of Songs 3:1-11 · 11 p’sukim

4: Song of Songs 4:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

5: Song of Songs 5:1-16 · 16 p’sukim

6: Song of Songs 6:1-12 · 12 p’sukim

7: Song of Songs 7:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

8: Song of Songs 8:1-14 · 14 p’sukim

Torah Portion: Exodus 13:17-15:26; Numbers 28:19-25; 

Song at the Sea

1: Exodus 13:17-19 · 3 p’sukim 

2: Exodus 13:20-22 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Exodus 14:1-4 · 4 p’sukim 

4: Exodus 14:5-8 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Exodus 14:9-14 · 6 p’sukim 

6: Exodus 14:15-25 · 11 p’sukim 

7: Exodus 14:26-15:26 · 32 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1-51 · 51 p’sukim

Pesach VIII / פֶּסַח ח׳Sunday, 20 April 2025 / 22 Nisan 5785

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25

Forgiving loans -> Shmittah year; Pesach offering & Eating un-leavened; Three Pilmage Festivals

1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim 

2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim 

3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim 

4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim 

5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim 

maf: Numbers 28:19-25 · 7 p’sukim 

Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32-12:6 · 25 p’sukim