What is the Jewish festival based on the Exodus that commemorates freedom from oppression?

• A. Sukkot
• B. Hanukkah
• C. Yom Kippur
• D. Passover

Answer: (D)

Recognizing the festival rooted in the Exodus and celebrating freedom from oppression. Passover marks the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and centers on the Exodus story retold at the seder, with symbolic foods that recall oppression and deliverance. The name itself reflects the moment when God passed over the homes of the Israelites during the final plague, leading to their freedom. While the other festivals have meaningful purposes—Sukkot remembering wandering and harvest, Hanukkah celebrating a later deliverance and rededication of the Temple, and Yom Kippur focusing on atonement—they are not based on the Exodus narrative and liberation in the same direct way. Passover is the festival that most directly connects to that story of freedom from oppression.