Is the Passover meal eaten on the 14th or 15th Nisan?

Question

Is the Passover meal eaten on the 14th or 15th Nisan?

Answer 1

I understand it commences at sundown on the 15th day of Nisan and goes on for a week. That means the food would have been prepared in advance of sundown on the 15th and everybody would sit down to eat after the sun went down on the 15th.

Answer 2

The Passover (Lamb) is SACRIFICED on the 14th, 'between the two evenings' (Exodus 12:6) -- that is, between the ninth hour (approximately 3:00 pm) and sunset (close to 6:00 pm at the time of Passover).



The Passover MEAL is then eaten on the night of the 15th -- after it is cooked and before it is "morning" (morning does not mean daybreak in this case, but roughly after midnight).



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Answer 3

15th.



which, by the Gregorian calendar, would be at sundown of the day that is marked as the 14th on a combined calendar.



The SERVICE starts at sundown or so, and the dinner begins when the service comes to "dinner is served."



That would be when a FIRST seder is done. But many people will do others, typically on the second and the last two days.