Essay: The Differences and Similarities Between Passover and The Eucharist To explain the differences and similarities between the Hebrew Passover and the Christian Eucharist we must first compare and research.. The Eucharist is the blessed sacrament in which our Lord, Jesus Christ is truly present under the bread (his body), and the wine (his blood). It differs from Passover in that the Passover has been a well known tradition for many years to the Jewish Community, while the Sacrament of the Eucharist was taken from the basic elements of the Jewish tradition and modified into a Christian law or theory. Christians see in the Passover meal a pref