Passover 2012 - Pesach 2012 - Countdown Clock
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When is Passover in 2012 / Pesach in 2012 ?
Passover in 2012 or Pesach in 2012 will commence either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Friday, April 6, 2012, depending on the authoritative rabbinical opinion one follows. Since in 2012 the Passover / Pesach festival falls on the Sabbath / Shabbat (the holiest period of time in Judaism followed by the holiness time of a Jewish festival or Jewish holiday followed by the ordinary time of a weekday), the Passover / Pesach festival will begin when the Sabbath / Shabbat begins. Furthermore, there is a custom to "extend" the holiness of the Sabbath / Shabbat by "borrowing" time from both the previous and following day - anywhere from 15 minutes to a half-hour from the previous day and anywhere up to a half-hour from the following day depending on one's custom which in turn depends on the authoritative rabbinical opinion one follows. A popular starting time for the Sabbath / Shabbat is at 18 minutes before sunset. Therefore, depending on the custom one follows, the Passover / Pesach festival in 2012 will begin either just after sunset or nightfall or anywhere from 15 minutes to a half-hour before sunset on April 6, 2012. Nightfall is defined in Jewish law as being "the end of sunset", and occurs anytime from 20 minutes to 1 hour after sunset, depending on one's geographic latitude and where one is located. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 7 days (most Reform Jews, most Reconstructionist Jews, some Conservative Jews, and Jews living in Israel), Passover in 2012 will end immediately before Shabbat or the Sabbath begins depending on one's customary start time for Shabbat or the Sabbath (which as mentioned depends on the authoritative rabbinical opinion one follows - either just after sunset or nightfall or anywhere from 15 minutes to a half-hour before sunset. This means that Passover in 2012 for those who celebrate Passover for 7 days will end either at sunset or at nightfall or if one begins Shabbat or the Sabbath anywhere from 15 minutes to a half-hour before sunset, one ends Passover immediately before one begins Shabbat or the Sabbath.) on Friday, April 13, 2012. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 8 days (some Reform Jews, some Reconstructionist Jews, most Conservative Jews, and Jews living outside Israel), Passover in 2012 will end either at nightfall - or if one follows the custom to "extend" the holiness of Shabbat or the Sabbath beyond nightfall, anywhere up to about a half-hour beyond nightfall - on Saturday, April 14, 2012 (Jews who live outside Israel are known as Diaspora Jews, where the word "diaspora" is derived from Greek and means either "dispersion" or "scattering". In Hebrew, the equivalent words are "Tefutzah", meaning "scattered", or "Galut", meaning "exile". Diaspora, Tefutzah, and Galut all refer to the Jewish people being dispersed among all the other nations outside of Israel). The exact time for when Passover in 2012 will begin either just after sunset or just after nightfall or anywhere from 15 minutes to a half-hour before sunset on April 6, 2012 depends on the geographic latitude and location of a person in the world. Similarly, the exact time for when Passover in 2012 ends also depends on the geographic latitude and location of a person in the world.
Passover 2012 - Pesach 2012 : Exact Starting Time
For those living where we are located - in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Passover / Pesach in 2012 will commence at exactly 7:29:38 P.M. on Friday, April 6, 2012 (sunset), and end at exactly 8:26:20 P.M. (nightfall) on Saturday, April 14, 2012 (Source: MyZmanim.com). Although sunset or sundown ("shkiah ha'chama" in Hebrew) at sea level occurs at exactly 7:39:58 P.M. for Montreal (Source: MyZmanim.com), there is a custom among the majority of Jewish people to "extend" the "holiness" time of a Jewish festival or Jewish holiday by beginning a Jewish festival or Jewish holiday at least 18 minutes before sunset or sundown. This extended time can range from 15 minutes to a half-hour before sunset depending on one's custom but, as mentioned, the majority of Jewish people follow the custom to begin a festival or holiday at 18 minutes before sunset or sundown. Also, as just mentioned, the exact time for the beginning and ending of Passover varies with where one is located in the world; specifically, one's geographic latitude and where one is located.
Passover 2012 - Pesach 2012 Countdown Clock Explanation
The Passover / Pesach 2012 Countdown Clock displays how much time there is left until the date and exact time when Passover begins for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the Jewish calendar, Passover always begins on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan, which is the first month in the Hebrew/Jewish calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, the Passover 2012 festival officially begins either just after sunset or just after nightfall or anywhere from 15 minutes to a half-hour before sunset depending on one’s custom on Friday, April 6, 2012.
In 2011, Passover / Pesach officially began either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Monday evening, April 18, 2011. For Montréal, Québec, Canada, Passover in 2011 officially began at exactly 7:44:09 P.M. on Monday, April 18, 2011. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 7 days, Passover in 2011 ended either at sunset or at nightfall on Monday, April 25, 2011. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 8 days, Passover in 2011 ended either at sundown or at nightfall on Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Again, the exact time for when Passover in 2011 ended either at sundown or at nightfall depends on one's geographic latitude and where one is located.
As mentioned, while Passover / Pesach in 2012 officially begins either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Friday, April 6, 2012 for all Jews worldwide, the official/exact start time on the date of Passover will vary depending on where one is located in the world; specifically, one's geographic latitude and one's location. Chabad has an excellent online calculator that tells you all the times for doing Passover-related rituals for many cities throughout the world as well as when Passover in 2012 begins for those cities. There is even an option to adjust one's time to DST (Daylight Savings Time), if needed. Click here to calculate the zmanim (meaning "the times" in Hebrew, alternate spelling: "zemanim") to conduct Passover rituals and find out when Passover begins in 2012 for your city! If your city or town is not among those listed, you can get more specific with latitudes and longitudes of your exact location to determine the times for doing Passover rituals in 2012 and when Passover begins in 2012 for where you are located. Click here to discover the exact times for Passover rituals in 2012 and when Passover starts in 2012 where you are! For all Chabad links on this page, a smaller browser window will open.
For candle-lighting times for Shabbat and the Jewish festivals/holidays, Chabad has a calculator for that as well. Just click here. At the aforementioned link, I have preset the date to the start date for Passover in 2012 which is either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Friday, April 6, 2012. The same time and location options exist for the candle-lighting calculator as for the zemanim calculator.
To see future dates for Passover, you can check out our Passover Date page.
