Yitzchak Carroll, USA TODAY College Published 10:55 a.m. ET April 19, 2019 The first night of Passover in 2019 begins April 19. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Friday night, millions of Jews across the globe will gather around a table to commemorate Passover, an eight-day holiday that remembers the exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago.