Se·der

(sā′dər)

n. pl. Se·ders or Se·dar·im (sĭ-där′ĭm, sĕ-dä-rĭm′) Judaism

A ritual feast commemorating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, held on the first night or first two nights of Passover.

[Hebrew sēder, order, arrangement, Seder; see sdr in Semitic roots.]

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Seder

(ˈseɪdə)

(Judaism) 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

[from Hebrew sēdher order]

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Se•der

(ˈseɪ dər)

n., pl. Se•ders, Se•da•rim (ˌseɪ dɑˈrim)

Judaism. a ceremonial dinner, held on the first night or first two nights of Passover, that includes the reading of the haggadah and the eating of foods symbolic of the Israelites' slavery and the Exodus from Egypt.

[1860–65; < Hebrew sēdher literally, order, arrangement]

seder

- The Hebrew word for "order, procedure"; it is the ceremonial Jewish dinner held on the first night of Passover.

See also related terms for procedure.

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Noun

Seder - (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover

Passover supper

Last Supper, Lord's Supper - the traditional Passover supper of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion

Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud

supper - a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

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My first memory of consuming alcohol was at a Passover Seder. I was about 13, and my mom was converting to Judaism in an effort to rediscover herself after her divorce from my dad.

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Seder Eliyahu is a post-classical rabbinic document that is neither an anthology of homilies such as those found in homiletical midrashim, nor an anthology of exegetical midrashim on a biblical book, says Cordoni, even though it contains passages that have been seen as somehow resembling the genre of rewritten Bible.

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Both consider him to be learned, a master of Hebrew and Latin, a Christian Hebraist with an exceptional knowledge of seder practices, although deeply anti-Judaic.

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