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Yeshua died on Pesakh, the 14th of Nisan. Unleavened starts on the 15th. Your article said "The reason for this is that the crucifixion of our Lord occurred during the feast of the Unleavened Bread, which was observed for seven days after Passover." It also wrongly states "Here Passover and the associated feast of Unleavened Bread are described. These roughly correspond to our Holy Thursday and Good Friday (the 14th and 15th days of the month, if the synoptic gospel narrative has any value) and the week of Easter."The Hebrew Calendar and the Traditional Roman Liturgy
by Fr. Mark Wojdelski, FSSP I am planning, God willing, to do a series of articles on how the traditional Roman Liturgy aligns with the cycle of Jewish feasts. Having done extensive research, but not knowing where to begin, I informally consulted with some of my brother priests at our last generalfssp.com
The traditional paschalion synchronizes Easter with Passover according to the Christian calculation of Passover. In 2025, the Gregorian lunar month of Nisan began on March 31 (that is, at sunset on March 30). Its 14th day (Passover) was Sunday, April 13. Easter was the following Sunday, April 20.
According to the Gospel of John Jesus was crucified on the 14th of Nisan and rose on the 16th. According to the synoptic Gospels Jesus was crucified on the 15th of Nisan and rose on the 17th. It was the Sunday of Unleavened Bread either way. Though John has theological reasons for setting the crucifixion on the 14th--it ties in with his motif of Jesus as the Lamb of God--I think John's date is historically more likely.
Doesn't matter when Passover was observed in the ancient past, but in today's world, the Pasion and Easter for both the Catholic Church and Orthodox religions, should sync with the Jewish observance of Passover today.
You think we should use the present-day Rabbinic Jewish calendar notwithstanding its manifest flaws?. How would that work? Would Easter be the Sunday falling in the Rabbinic Jewish week of Unleavened Bread?
And yet under the laws of Pesakh, one CAN, if defiled by a dead body or other defilement, keep Pesakh 1 month later...Pesakh Sheni (Numbers 9:6-12).
Yet when Rabbinic Jews today celebrate Unleavened Bread at the second full moon after the Spring equinox, it is not because of that law. It is because of a flaw in their calendar.
The problem with this is that Pesakh can basically be on any day of the week while EO Pascha and Roman Easter is always on a Sunday. Also, since we now know the exact astronomical full moon date and time, the first Sunday after it would simply celebrate the resurrection.
I am not saying anyone does, just that it has a provision for it and it has and can occur.
At least all three religions will celebrate Passover and Easter at the same time. I don't see anyone calling for a change in the Jewish calendar.
But Passover and the passion observance and Easter will be the same week for Jewish, the EO and Catholic religions.
The link I posted, "Rectified Hebrew Calendar" is doing just that.
