The Torah commands us to celebrate, for all generations, the day of our exodus from Egypt. When are we to celebrate this festival? It turns out that the answer to this question differs from parasha to parasha, depending on where it appears. In some places the "festival of Pesach" is attached to the date upon which it fell (14th or 15th of Nissan), while in others the date is noted according to the season (in the "month of spring"). What is the nature of the dual dating of the Pesach festival?

Through an examination of the text we notice that the two dates of Pesach correspond to the two perspectives regarding the sanctity of time – that of Bnei Yisrael and that of God.

Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion