The meal on the first night of Passover is called the Seder. This meal includes drinking 4 cups of wine, eating Matza and bitter herbs and recounting the story of the Exodus from Egypt.
Seder is Hebrew for order the various ceremonies at the meal have to be done in a specific order.
The Seder meal typically takes a few hours to complete
I wouldn't quite call it a family meal, but it is called a Seder. It is a remembrance to the fact that G-d redeemed the Jews from Egypt, and gave them the Torah (bible), and brought them to Israel.
The Passover (Pesach) Seder.
The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of great importance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuous tradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient Oral Traditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim).
The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, observe in common. During the Seder, we keep the essential mitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the next generation, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony of reading the Passover Haggadah* which retells the events of the Exodus.
During the Seder meal, other traditional foods are eaten in addition to the matzah: bitter herbs, parsley, wine and haroset. Salt water, a roasted egg, and a bit of roasted meat are also on the table.
Pesach (Passover) is important to us since in it we relive the Exodus from Egypt and our birth as a nation, both of which were preparations for receiving the Torah from God.
The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of great importance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuous tradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient Oral Traditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim).
The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, observe in common. During the Seder, we keep the essential mitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the next generation, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony of reading the Passover Haggadah which retells the events of the Exodus.
During the Seder meal, other traditional foods are eaten in addition to the matzah: bitter herbs, parsley, wine and haroset (see below). Salt water, a roasted egg, and a bit of roasted meat are also on the table.
During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cereal and pasta are forbidden. Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day.
Here is the symbolism of the items on the Seder plate:
The bitter herbs (maror) symbolize the harsh slavery which the Israelites suffered in Egypt. Either horseradish or romaine lettuce is traditionally used for maror.
Charoset - A sweet mixture representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build the storehouses of Egypt. In Ashkenazi Jewish homes, charoset is traditionally made from chopped nuts, grated apples, cinnamon, and sweet red wine.
Karpas - A vegetable other than bitter herbs, traditionally parsley, which is dipped into salt water at the beginning of the Seder. The dipping of a simple vegetable into salt water (which represents tears) recalls the pain felt by the Jewish slaves in Egypt.
Beitzah - A hard-boiled egg, symbolizing the korban chagigah (festival sacrifice) that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem and roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night. Although both the Pesach sacrifice and the chagigah were meat offerings, the chagigah is commemorated by an egg, a symbol of mourning.
Z'roa - A roasted lamb or goat shank-bone, chicken wing, or chicken neck; symbolizing the korban Pesach (Pesach sacrifice), which was a lamb that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, then roasted and eaten as part of the meal on Seder night.
The Passover (Pesach) Seder.
The highlight of Passover is the Seder meal. This meal is of great importance in Judaism. It is a 3325-year old continuous tradition that began on the night of the Exodus from Egypt (see Exodus chapter 12), and is fully detailed in our ancient Oral Traditions (Talmud, chapter Arvei Pesachim).
The Seder meal is one of those occasions, like Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, that Jews all over the world, Orthodox and non-Orthodox alike, observe in common. During the Seder, we keep the essential mitzva and customs of handing Jewish traditions down to the next generation, with the traditional Seder foods and the ceremony of reading the Passover Haggadah* which retells the events of the Exodus.
During the Seder meal, other traditional foods are eaten in addition to the matzah: bitter herbs, parsley, wine and haroset (see below). Salt water, a roasted egg, and a bit of roasted meat are also on the table.
During all the days of Passover, matzah (unleavened bread) is eaten; while leavened foods such as bread, cake, cookies, cereal and pasta are forbidden. This is a command in commemoration of the Exodus, when the Israelites were in a hurry to leave Egypt and did not spend time waiting for their dough to leaven (to rise). Exodus ch.12.
Certain prayers are added in the synagogue services, and the Torah is read each day of Passover.
Here is the symbolism of the items on the Seder table:
*See also the Related Links.
Link: What is the Passover Haggadah?
The Passover "Seder", which is a combination meal, history lesson and multimedia presentation. The word "seder" is Hebrew for "order", as in "the order of the religious ceremony".
The meal on Passover is called a 'seder'.
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Matzoh which is unleavened bread.
we call it the seder plate
We call it matza, which is its name in the Torah (Exodus ch.12).
We use the digestive system.
Jews in Sweden celebrate Passover. The question is complicated by the fact that the name of Passover is Pesach in Hebrew, and this is easily confused with Påsk, the Swedish name for Easter which is pronounced similarly enough that Swedish Jews sometimes have difficulty explaining that no, they are talking about the Jewish festival, a festival that has nothing to do with the resurrection of any messianic figure.
Several meals have a special name in Judaism. On Passover night, the meal is called a 'Seder'. On the Sabbath, 3 meals are eaten, on at night and two during the day. Generally, only the 3rd meal is referred to specially as the '3rd meal' .
Caesar Salad, clue in the name :|
The Hebrew name is "Pesach" it is also sometimes known as "Chag HaAviv" - the festival of spring, "Chag HaMatzot" - the festival of matzah, and "Z'Man Cherutenu" - the time of our freedom Hope it helps
Matzah; also spelled matzoh. This thin unleavened bread is eaten during Passover. See also:More about Passover and the Seder