About the month of Nisan:  Important facts and figures PASSOVER basics TWO PASSOVER FEATURES in the new JHOM JUDAICA ART GALLERY    Thoughts and Viewpoints How did all the Israelites know the words?  Rabbinic speculations about the Song at the Sea Prof. James Kugel Moses' exultant Song at the Sea: A new translation with commentary by the translator Prof. Everett Fox Four cups of wine or five at the Passover seder? (When Elijah comes, we will know the answer...) Shoshana Michael Zucker Other meanings for eating unleavened bread: Wise words from a first-century philosopher Philo The mystic drama of Passover: The power of Passover rituals as perceived by Jewish mystics David S. Ariel  In Literature "Let all who are hungry come and eat": Three Passover tales "Dear, kind, loving, darling Elijah, he came straight to me..."   Excerpt from the short story Elijah the Prophet Shalom Aleikhem The seder of the ignorant man: A tale told of the great Hasidic master Reb Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev  In the Arts The Five Sages from Bnei Brak meet the Four Sons: A detail in the 15th-century Darmstadt Haggadah, Rachel Wischnitzer The Four Sons: Haggadot illustrations through the centuries in the JHOM Judaica Art Gallery Celebrating Passover: Judaica in the JHOM Judaica Art Gallery Retelling the tale of the Exodus: A short history of the printed, illustrated haggadah Turkish / Israeli / Moroccan melodies for the Passover table as performed by Voice of the Turtle The Had Gadya Ballad: Its origins, and in music and art  Customs and Curiosities Passover curiosities: FYI and to enrich your seder discussions Names and designations for Passover: Some you knew and others you didn't Passover in a Union Camp: Reminiscences from the Civil War, Joseph A. Joel Illustrated matzah, anyone?  Rabbinic debates on the artistic perforation of matzah  Language & Humor A Hebrew lesson on the rootword: s-d-r, Dr. Joseph Lowin Comics: The paschal meal — an exclusive affair, Noam Nadav The Jewish calendar: How it is calculated and when it was established The Jewish calendar: Solar/lunar structure The zodiac in Jewish tradition   In 1951, the Israeli Knesset declared the 27th day of Nisan as Yom Hashoah v'Hagvurah, in commemoration of the Holocaust victims and heroes. A special version of the El Male' Rahamim prayer was written in memory of the victims.