seders
Passover ritual dinners
Seders is the plural of seder, the Jewish ceremonial meal held on the first night or two nights of Passover.
The seder follows a prescribed order of prayers, songs, and symbolic foods that commemorate the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.
We attended seders at my grandmother's house every year.
Passover liturgical narrative
- matzahUnleavened ritual flatbread
- charosetRitual fruit-nut paste
- afikomanConcealed Seder finale piece
- four cupsSeder wine obligation
reclining · kiddush · shank bone · egg · parsley · salt water · bitter herbs · haroset
Mass departure from a place
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- PharaohEgyptian royal title
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- PesachJewish spring liberation festival
plagues · unleavened · Red Sea · slavery · freedom · spring · Nisan · firstborn
Related people together
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- eldersSenior community members
- childrenYoung human beings
- generationsPeople born around same time
storytelling · questions · discussion · singing · reading · hosting · table · cushions
Custom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- identityWho someone is
culture · history · transmission · legacy · observance · customs · roots · Jewish
Haggadah
Passover liturgical narrative
four cups · reclining · kiddush · shank bone · egg · parsley · salt water · bitter herbs · haroset · chametz
Exodus
Mass departure from a place
Pesach · plagues · unleavened · Red Sea · slavery · freedom · spring · Nisan · firstborn · lamb
family
Related people together
generations · storytelling · questions · discussion · singing · reading · hosting · table · cushions · invitation
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
identity · culture · history · transmission · legacy · observance · customs · roots · Jewish · forebears
sederspotlucks
Meals where guests contribute
takeout · fast food · grab-and-go meals · picnics · TV dinners
- seder plateCeremonial Passover serving dish
- Passover SederJewish Exodus commemoration dinner
- seder mealJewish ritual liberation dinner