Seder
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
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How to use Seder in a sentence
A few weeks ago, I was sitting at a Passover Seder with hundreds of other people on a kibbutz not far from Haifa.
But this isn't your usual anodyne interfaith Seder, where all is prescribed by ritual and controversial topics are avoided.
Last week, I joined about 40 other Jews, Muslims, and Christians at a third Passover Seder.
This was the tenth time this Seder has been held, and the fifth at ADAMS.
Andrea (and her collaborators) designed the Seder to maximize discussion of what unites us—and what divides us.
Ay, the Passover cele345bration, the Seder, remained in the poet's memory till the day of his death.
Jewish Literature and Other Essays | Gustav KarpelesThe second book (Seder Moed) of the Mishna contains two tractates bearing upon the subject of fasting.
Leopold Friedlnder drew the large silver Seder platter towards him.
Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch | Ulrich FrankWhen you saw all these things at the Seder table, didn't you always feel like asking what they all meant?
A Manual for Teaching Biblical History | Eugene KohnIn Seder Olam they are called "prophets who prophesied in Egypt."
The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings | F. W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for Seder
/ (ˈseɪdə) /
Judaism a ceremonial meal with prescribed ritual reading of the Haggadah observed in Jewish homes on the first night or first two nights of Passover
Origin of Seder
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