Passover Seder: a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday, Passover. The Seder is a ritual performed by a community or by multiple generations of a family.It involves a retelling of the story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.
(Book of Exodus in the Bible)
Traditionally, families and friends gather together to read the text of the Haggadah, an ancient work derived from the Mishnah. The Haggadah contains the narrative of the Israelite exodus from Egypt, special blessings and rituals, commentaries from the Talmud, and special Passover songs.
(We all participated in performing various songs. The songs were extremely high and not to mention in Hebrew. I am not going to lie...I was laughing uncontrollably, like a little kid in church. Hilarious.)
Customs Include: drinking four cups of wine (which by the end of the night, I did not want to drink a drop more of grape juice ever again), eating matza and partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate.
The Seder is performed the same way by Jews all over the world.
kippahs anyone?
Haggadah
(Side Note: We read books from right to left here)
Did I mention it was 3 hours long...and you don't eat the meal until the last hour!!!!
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