The Passover Seder is a Jewish holiday that takes place on the 15th or 15th and 16th days of Nisan in the Jewish calendar. During the Seder, Jewish history is relived through the reading of the Haggadah and the consumption of traditional foods and drinks. Seders are usually performed in one’s home and are considered a family ritual, but some groups celebrate outside the domestic context. The Passover Seder is also a time for people of the Jewish faith to praise God, discuss the Torah, educate young people in Judaism, and sing special Passover songs.
The word Seder is a Hebrew word that literally means “order.” While the word has a number of uses, it is most commonly used to refer to the Passover Seder, a Jewish holiday. The Passover Seder takes place on the 15th or 15th and 16th days of Nisan in the Jewish calendar. Since the Jewish calendar and the modern Gregorian calendar do not follow the same format, Passover takes place on a different Gregorian day each year. The variation in schedule has to do with how the Passover Seder is celebrated in different parts of the world.
During the Passover Seder, Jewish history is relived through the reading of the Haggadah and the consumption of traditional foods and drinks. During the Seder, the enslavement of the Jewish people and their exodus from ancient Egypt are remembered. The Haggadah contains complete instructions and readings for the Passover Seder. The symbolic foods to be placed at the Seder table are also outlined in the Haggadah.
Seders are usually performed in one’s home and is considered a family ritual. However, there are some groups and congregations that celebrate Easter outside the domestic context. Some Seders welcome dozens, even hundreds of people. Because the Passover Seder is most often performed in the home, there are many variations on the traditions outlined therein to meet each family’s specific needs. When the Haggadah is followed to the letter, a Seder can take up to four hours, sometimes more. Therefore, many families with young children choose to have a shortened Seder. In fact, shortened versions of the Haggadah have been printed in coloring book format specifically for this type of family.
Besides being a time to remember Jewish history and gather with friends and family, Passover is also a time for people of the Jewish faith to praise God and discuss the Torah. It is also a hot time during which the family educates young people in Judaism. This Seder is also a moment of music. Indeed, the Haggadah includes special Passover songs. A central verse of Passover is: Vehigadta levincha’ bayom hahu leymor ba’avur zeh asah Adonay li betzeysi miMitzrayim. This translates into English to “And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘Because of this God did for me when he brought me out of Egypt,’” from Exodus 13:8.
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