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Originally Posted by Kruger
I have some relatives in the States, and they are jewish. I just want to know when I should call them...and wish them all the best, stuff like this.
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Sunday, April 1, or Monday before sundown. Even the week before is just fine. We're already wishing people here a happy holiday.
Do it right and show off a bit. Wish them a "Chag Sah'mei'ach" (Hebrew, the 2 "ch" sounds are gutteral) or if that's too difficult to pronounce, say "Good Yom Tov" (Yiddish/Hebrew) - all meaning "happy holiday".
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Originally Posted by joea
In the Eastern Orthodox churches, Easter is referred to as Pascha.
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Pascha is Aramaic for Pesach which is Hebrew for Passover in English. Origin:
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"I will pass through the land of Egypt on this night, and I will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and upon all the gods of Egypt will I wreak judgments I, the Lord.
And the blood will be for you for a sign upon the houses where you will be, and I will see the blood and pass over <U'Pasachti> you, and there will be no plague to destroy [you] when I smite the [people of the] land of Egypt."
- Exodus 12:12-13
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