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Passover (Hebrew: פֶּסַח, Tiberian: , Israeli: Pesach, Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish: Paysokh), also called the Festival of Unleavened Bread (חַג הַמַּצּוֹת, , Chag Hamatzot/s) is a Jewish holiday which is celebrated in the northern spring. It begins on the 15th day of Nisan (on the Hebrew calendar), which in 2007 arrives at nightfall on April 2. Passover commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt. As described in the Book of Exodus, Passover marks the "birth" of the Children of Israel who become the Jewish nation, as the Jews' ancestors were freed from being slaves of Pharaoh and allowed to become followers of God instead.