Question
When we celebrate the Passover how does this correspond to the actual event of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt? (Ex: is the first day of this period when G-D told the Israelites to put the blood on the doorpost?)
Answer
The first night of Passover is when G-d smote the Egyptian firstborn. The following day is when they went out of Egypt. G-d split the Red Sea on the seventh day.
Rabbi Meir Goldberg
Maimonides Leaders Fellowship,
Rutgers Jewish Xperience