Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from extermination by Haman in ancient Persia. We read the Megillat (scroll of) Esther, eat hamentaschen, dress up in costumes and play games. (They tried to kill us; we survived; let's eat!)
Passover commemorates the travails and the exodus of ancient Hebrews in Egypt. It begins with the Seder, a structured meal which recounts the story and continues for eight days where we refrain from eating leavened bread. Passover is late this year because we have a leap month to get the Hebrew and the Gregorian calendars back in sync.
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