Resources for Pesach / Passover
from the Multicultural Calendar
From the Multicultural Calendar
For a list of the upcoming religious and cultural observances, please visit our Multicultural Calendar, which serves as a valuable resource to foster understanding, accommodation, and respect for religious and cultural observances. It helps students, staff, and faculty plan events, activities, meetings, retreats, and courses throughout the year.
If you have updates, corrections, or suggestions for the calendar, please contact us at diversityeducation@ucdavis.edu. All submissions will be carefully reviewed for inclusion.
In support of our patients, faculty, employees, students, and community members we would like to share the following resources for awareness, care, and guidance around accommodations to consider when hosting gatherings and/or meetings where food is provided during upcoming observances. We will be elevating the observances of various faith groups throughout the 2024-25 academic year, as part of a broader effort to elevate understanding and recognition of religious, faith-based, and spiritual identity.
Pesach / Passover is a week-long observance commemorating the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II. It is one of three pilgrimage festivals.
In 2025, Passover takes place April 12-20. It officially begins at sundown on first day.
The observance is celebrated with family gatherings, ritualized meals called Seders, reading of the Haggadah, lighting of Yahrzeit memorial candle at sundown on the last night of Passover.
Recommendations for Accommodation
Avoid scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities after sundown on the first days, on the following two full days, and on last two days of the holiday. Provide food accommodation (kosher restrictions apply; the use of leavening is prohibited so, for example, matzah is eaten in place of bread.)
Additional resources:
- Additional information on accommodations for faith-based and cultural observances at UC Davis Health
- Resources for understanding: religious, faith-based, and spiritual identity
Media Resources
The Multicultural Calendar serves as a valuable resource to foster understanding, accommodation, and respect for religious and cultural observances. It helps students, staff, and faculty plan events, activities, meetings, retreats, and courses throughout the year.