SEDER (SAY-duhr)
The
festival held in Jewish homes on the first night of Passover
Common
clues: Matzoh meal;
Haggadah-reading occasion; Exodus commemoration; Ceremonial
dinner; Passover meal; Jewish feast; When haroseth is eaten
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The
Passover Seder is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first night
of the Jewish holiday of Passover (the 15th day of Hebrew month
of Nisan). Outside of Israel, the Seder is held twice, on the
first and second nights of Passover (the 15th and 16th days of
Nisan). According to the Gregorian calendar, the holiday usually
comes out in April. Families gather around the table on the night
of Passover to read the Haggadah, the story of the Israelite
exodus from Egypt. Seder customs include drinking of four cups of
wine, eating matza and partaking of symbolic foods placed on the
Passover Seder Plate. The Seder is a family ritual, although
communal Seders are also organized by synagogues, schools and
community centers. These Seders are usually open to the general
public. With the Haggadah serving as a guide, the Seder is
performed in much the same way all over the world.
The
Seder is integral to Jewish faith and identity. If not for the
Exodus, as explained in the Haggadah, the Jewish people would
still be slaves in Egypt. Therefore, the Seder is an occasion for
praise and thanksgiving. Often the Seder goes on until late at
night, with the participants reading the Haggadah, studying the
meaning of various passages, and singing special Passover songs.
While
many Jewish holidays revolve around the synagogue, the Seder is
conducted in the family home. It is customary to invite guests,
especially strangers and the needy. The Seder as family-based
ritual is derived from a verse in the Bible: Vehigadta levincha'
bayom hahu leymor ba'avur zeh asah Adonay li betzeysi miMitzrayim
- "And you shall tell it to your son on that day, saying,
'Because of this God did for me when He took me out of Egypt'"
(Exodus 13:8). The words and rituals of the Seder are a primary
vehicle for the transmission of the Jewish faith from parent to
child, and from one generation to the next.
Attending
a Seder and eating matza on Passover is a widespread custom in
the Jewish community, even among those who are not religiously
observant.
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