on 12 Nisan and Sephardim do not observe it at all 14 Nisan - Passover seder meal and Haggadah on the going out of the 14th and eve of the 15th 14 Nisan - Quartodeciman Last Supper, an ancient Passover (Christian) 15–21 Nisan (22 Nisan outside of Israel) – Feast of Matzot - Passover week 23 Nisan – Mimouna – Maghrebi Jewish celebration of the end of the Passover prohibition on eating chametz, on 22 Nisan within Israel 27 Nisan – Yom HaShoah (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day) – on 26 Nisan or 28 Nisan when the 27th falls on Friday or Sunday respectively, interfering with Shabbat Moveable holidays and observances Shabbat HaGadol, the sabbath immediately preceding the 14 Nisan Pesach. In history and tradition 1 Nisan The day the floodwaters receded from the earth, after the dove was sent out by Noah and returned with an olive branch, according to Genesis 8:10-13 1 Nisan (c. 1638 BCE) – Death of Abraham according to the Talmud 1 Nisan (c. 1533 BCE) – Death of Isaac according to the Talmud 1 Nisan (c. 1506 BCE) – Death of Jacob according to the Talmud 1 Nisan (c. 1455 BCE) – Tabernacle (Mishkan) inaugurated on the second year 1 Nisan (c. 1455 BCE) death of Nadab and Abihu 1 Nisan (c. 3761 BCE) – Creation of the Universe according to Joshua ben Hananiah's opinion in the Talmud, tractate Rosh Hashanah 10b–11a). 1 Nisan (1772) – Birth of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov 1 Nisan (1892) – Death of Rabbi Elimelech Szapira of Grodzhisk 2 Nisan (1920) – Death of Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe. His last words are recorded as, "I'm going to heaven; I leave you the writings." 3 Nisan (1492) – The Alhambra Decree orders the expulsion of Spanish Jews from Castile and Aragon (but not Navarre). 7 Nisan (c. 1416 BCE) – Joshua sends two spies to Jericho. 8 Nisan (1948) – Birth of Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II, the present Pupa Rebbe 10 Nisan (c. 1456 BCE) – The first Shabbat HaGadol was celebrated by the Israelites in Egypt five days before The Exodus. 10 Nisan (c. 1417 BCE) – Yahrzeit of Miriam the prophetess, 39 years after the Exodus. 10 Nisan (c. 1416 BCE) – The Israelites cross the Jordan River into Canaan (Book of Joshua, 4) 11 Nisan (1270) – Death of Nachmanides 11 Nisan (1902) –