Passover - or Pesach in Hebrew - is one of the most important dates in the Jewish calendar.

It's a spring festival and celebrations last for seven or eight days depending on where you live.

During the celebration, Jewish people remember an important story in their history, when they were freed from slavery in Egypt.

To celebrate, special food is eaten with family and friends.

Over 3,000 years ago, a group of Jewish people called the Israelites were being kept in slavery by the ruler of Egypt, Pharaoh.

A man called Moses went to see Pharaoh many times to ask him to let them go but Pharaoh refused.

Moses told him that if he did not release them, God would send plagues to Egypt. Pharaoh did not listen, and so the plagues came.

There were ten plagues in total. The River Nile turned to blood, frogs covered the land and there were insect infestations, but Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go.