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What is a seder?
The word 'seder' means order. The seder is a religious service heldin the home during Passover where the story of our exodus fromEgypt is recounted. The recounting of the exod…us is told around themeal we eat. Depending on where the family is from, different foodsare served; however, there are never any leavened items on thetable, including bread of any type. In Israel, there is one seder held and that is on the first nightof Passover. Outside of Israel, there are two seders held, one onthe first night, and another on the second night. Answer: During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) iseaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cerealand pasta are forbidden. Certain prayers are added in the synagogueservices, and the Torah is read each day. The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of greatimportance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuous tradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (seeExodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient OralTraditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim). The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur andHanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodoxalike, observe in common. During the Seder, we keep the essentialmitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the nextgeneration, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony ofreading the Passover Haggadah which retells the events of theExodus. During the Seder meal, there are other traditional foods inaddition to the matzah: bitter herbs, wine, parsley, and haroset (amixture of apples, cinnamon, wine and nuts). (MORE)