In fact the Bible calls this occasion, among other names, Hag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) “for on this very day I brought your ranks out of the land of Egypt; you shall observe this day ...

THE JEWISH FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD. Share full article. April 8, 1876. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 8, 1876, Page 10 Buy Reprints.

HEBREWS OBSERVING PASSOVER; Feast of Unleavened Bread in Home and Synagogue Begins. Share full article. March 31, 1904. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The Israelites were commanded to celebrate the exodus by observing seven days of unleavened bread as a festival, called the “Feast of Unleavened Bread” or the “Feast of Weeks” (Exod. 12:14 ...