beginner strategy - passed pawns

Greetings and a thousand salaams dear chess friends, a passed pawn is considered to be a strong pawn, a protected passed pawn even stronger.  How does one create a passed pawn?  Are all pawn majorities advantageous?  How does one play against a passed pawn?  How does one help the passed pawn promote?  Check out the game which follows, for its truly amazing in its positional beauty. World champion Mikhail Botvinnik with the black pieces demonstrates not only how to create a passed pawn, but how to promote it in the most astonishing fashion.