Passover 2009 - Pesach 2009 - Countdown Clock
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Countdown To Passover 2009 / Pesach 2009
When is Passover in 2009 / Pesach in 2009 ?
Passover in 2009 or Pesach in 2009 will commence either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, depending on the authoritative rabbinical opinion one follows. 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, some Conservative Jews, and Jews living in Israel), Passover in 2009 will end either at sunset or at nightfall (depending on the authoritative rabbinical opinion one follows) on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 8 days (some Reform Jews, most Conservative Jews, and Jews living outside Israel), Passover in 2009 will end either at sunset or at nightfall on Thursday, April 16, 2009 (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 2009 will begin either just after sunset or just after nightfall on April 8, 2009 depends on the geographic latitude and location of a person in the world. Similarly, the exact time for when Passover in 2009 ends either at sunset or at nightfall also depends on the geographic latitude and location of a person in the world.
Passover 2009 - Pesach 2009 : Exact Starting Time
For those living where we are located - in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Passover / Pesach in 2009 will commence at exactly 7:15 P.M. on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, and end at exactly 8:28 P.M. on Thursday, April 16, 2009 {Source - MontrealKosher.com, MK.ca [Jewish Community Council of Montreal (Montreal Va'ad Ha'ir)]}. 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 2009 - Pesach 2009 Countdown Clock Explanation
The Passover / Pesach 2009 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 2009 festival officially begins either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
In 2008, Passover / Pesach officially began just after the end of Shabbat ("Sabbath" in Hebrew) on Saturday evening, April 19, 2008; specifically, just after nightfall (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 Montréal, Québec, Canada, Passover in 2008 officially began at 8:32 P.M. on Saturday, April 19, 2008. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 7 days, Passover in 2008 ended just after the end of Shabbat on Saturday evening, April 26, 2008; specifically, just after nightfall. For Jews who celebrate Passover for 8 days, Passover in 2007 ended either at sundown or at nightfall on Sunday evening, April 27, 2008. Again, the exact time for when Passover in 2008 ended either at sundown or at nightfall depends on one's geographic latitude and where one is located.
As mentioned, while Passover / Pesach in 2009 officially begins either just after sunset or just after nightfall on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 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 2009 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 2009 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 2009 and when Passover begins in 2009 for where you are located. Click here to discover the exact times for Passover rituals in 2009 and when Passover starts in 2009 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 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 2009 which is either just after sunset or just after nightfall on April 8, 2009. 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.
