Passover and the festival calendar Passover begins on 15 Nisan. It lasts seven days in Israel and eight in the diaspora, where two seders are held. Context: The Jewish day begins in the evening. The first seder takes place at the start of the festival. Source: Chabad.org, Menachem Posner, How Long Is Passover? Full item: Seder, matzah and the Passover calendar – https://qazaqstan-israel.org/en/explain/passover-spring-festival Fragment: https://qazaqstan-israel.org/en/share/pesah-vesenniy-prazdnik-v4-1-en Qazaqstan-Israel