What is Passover?

This is perhaps the only celebration that both Jews and Christians share, to a certain extent, meaning that both religious groups hold this day as a holiday but for different reasons.
In the Jewish tradition, Passover is an extensive commemoration (it lasts seven or eight days) of the liberation of the Children of Israel from the Egyptian tyranny. This liberation is credited to the divine intervention: God sent ten plagues to the Egyptians to make them see it was His will that the Jews could become a free nation. The whole story is told in the Exodus book which reveals how a young Moses becomes the leader of Israel and acts as the Messenger of God calling upon Egypt each of the plagues with the Tenth plague being the most lethal: the Angel of Death is sent to Egypt to kill the firstborn of every family, save for those who mark their houses with the blood of a lamb.  The Angel passed over (hence the name) and did as he had been ordered; and thus, the Pharaoh was forced to let Israel go free.
How is this Jewish celebration connected to the Christian tradition? 
It´s really simple, actually. The night of The Last Supper, Jesus had gathered together with his apostles for a reason and that was to remember Passover. Jesus may have been the Savior but he was also the Son of David, in other words, he was Jewish and was partaking of a Jewish celebration.
According to Christian lore that Thursday is Maundy Thursday, also known as HOLY THURSDAY. Some Christian groups observe that Thursday and have it in great reverence since it was a private celebration that would be key to what was going to happen later. They even go beyond that and even kept the name: Passover 

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