The first name, Hag HaPesach, means the “Feast of the Passover” and is found in Exodus 34:25. This first name emphasizes the paschal lamb which was eaten on this particular occasion.

The first name, Hag HaPesach, means the “Feast of the Passover” and is found in Exodus 34:25. This first name emphasizes the paschal lamb which was eaten on this particular occasion.

This second name is used in four different ways. First, it is applied to the Feast of Passover alone.

Secondly, the term Passover is sometimes used to include both the Feast of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread,

because the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on the day after the Feast of Passover.

Thirdly, it is applied to the sacrificial lamb in reference to the lamb that was sacrificed on the first day of Passover in the Temple Compound.

Fourthly, it is applied to the Passover meal itself which is known among the Jewish people as the seder. The meal eaten on the first night of Passover is sometimes called the Passover.