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The Seder Service in a Nutshell

A quick, one page overview of the Passover Meal's steps

A quick overview of the seder's steps; click on the print button and it becomes a quick reference during the seder...

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Posted: Apr 10, 2006
Passover
Well Done
Posted By Henry Scherer, Southwest Harbor, ME USA
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Posted: Apr 12, 2006
Thank you Chabad, again you have not failed me when I needed information to celebrate as a Jew.
Posted By Roy Jacobowitz, Boston, MA

Posted: Feb 15, 2007
As I rediscover the wonder of my Jewish roots, I'm very thankful to have you to hold my hand and guide me along the way.
Thanks!
Posted By Gary, Pittsburgh, PA

Posted: Mar 28, 2007
Passover Skit
Thank you so much i needed to make a skit for passover for my cousins and i but i didn't know the order thanks to you now i do
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Posted By Talia, West Hartford, CT/USA

Posted: Mar 29, 2007
Passover
Many thanks, I understand better the Passover festivities.
Posted By israel sadovnik, lima, perĂ¹

Posted: Apr 7, 2007
Thank you. It is very helpful for me as a Christian to look into Jewish custom - particularly in relation to Passover.
Posted By Tony

Posted: Aug 5, 2007
Thank you for authenticity
I attended a Christian passover seder and I wanted to know the authentic version
Posted By Cyndie

Posted: Apr 13, 2008
Passover
Thank you so much for this! I am Christian and my husband is Jewish, but I am very interested in in Judaism and following the traditions of his faith. I really enjoy our seders and the phonetic pronunciations on this website will be really helpful for someone like me without any training in the Hebrew language.
Posted By Bernice

Posted: Apr 13, 2008
Thank you
Thank you so much for posting this teaching. It's very helpful for me as a Christian to understand Jewish religious beliefs
Posted By Vivian Fittro, Las Vegas, NV

Posted: Apr 15, 2008
excellent information
I was raised in a community with a large Jewish population (probably in excess of 30%), yet I never learned of the religion itself. My daughter recently went with her friend to learn about Passover and make Matzah's. I found the pamphlet very interesting, so I went to this website.

The information presented here is well written and understandable. It gives me a new appreciation for Jewish religious beliefs.

Thank you and Shalom.
Posted By Damon Michaels, Marlborough, MA

Posted: Apr 17, 2008
Thank you
While not being an observant Jew, I often turn to Chabad for information. Thank you for a useful and friendly site.
Posted By FJ, Oakland, CA

Posted: Apr 18, 2008
Thank you
being raised by a Jew, I guess that makes me a Jew too, I am embarrassed to say I never learned the meaning. My mom is coming this weekend with the huguduh for passover. We will have it with my young family.
Posted By Anonymous, pacific grove, ca

Posted: Apr 18, 2008
Many Thanks!
I am the G-dmother of an 8 year old Jewish girl whose Mother is non practicing and whose Father is a practicing Christian Fundementalist! Resourcing your site allows me to teach my G-ddaughter her heritage while educating her parents and learning about the wonderful traditions of the Jewish religion.
It has been a blessing to me, because my given name is Miriam and I was rasied a Baptist.
Posted By Miriam, California

Posted: Apr 19, 2008
Thanks for helping us with the Seder
I very much apperciate the email you sent me. It linked to this page and is very useful.
Posted By Eric, cedarhurst, NY

Posted: Nov 1, 2008
Passover - A Day of Mourning
Can anyone tell me why the murder of thousands of innocent Egyptian children is not mentioned or remembered in the Seder?

Surely a prayer would not go astray.
Posted By Kevin, Australia

Posted: Nov 12, 2008
very great article
this a very great article ,it has helped me wel with my assignment , thank u chabad.org
Posted By krystal

Posted: Jan 13, 2009
A Helpful Article
Thank you for sharing how the Seder is like! To Kevin: yes, the Egyptian children were innocent. But the pharoah brought it on his own people by not listening to Moses. If the pharoah had listened, the children would not have died.
Posted By Chrissy, San Francisco, CA

Posted: Feb 17, 2009
life saving article here.... :)
my research report is now complete! its not my religion but its very interesting to understand the holidays. Purim sounds kinda fun... go esther! (did i spell that right??)

thank you!!! the writer is fantastic.
Posted By Rae Rae :), Little Rock, USA

Posted: Mar 30, 2009
To Kevin
The Egyptian dead ARE remembered at the seder. When the ten plagues are recited a drop of wine is spilled at the mention of each to remeber the Egyptian dead. this is done twice- first for each of the ten plagues (ten drops) and then at the mention of mnemonic for the plague which is three words 9another three drops spilled)
Posted By Anonymous, Johannesburg, South Africa

Posted: Mar 30, 2009
holiday meal
I don't understand what you mean by holiday meal.
Is that like a regular dinner?
Do you have a regular dinner first then perform the holiday ritual or do you finish the ritual first then then have a regular dinner or is done some time during the ritual?
Posted By Anonymous, new york, new york

Posted: Mar 31, 2009
re: Holiday Meal
The holiday meal is usually a three course affair which includes traditional foods, see this link for some examples. The meal is a part of the fifteen step Seder ritual unique to Passover. Does this clarify things for you?
Posted By Chani Benjaminson, chabad.org

Posted: Apr 1, 2009
Drinking of the cups
When Jews drink of the four cups, do they each drink from that cup (as each is had) or do they pour a little from the cup into their own personal cups and then drink, or is it optional as to what each family does?
Posted By Anonymous, Launceston, Australia

Posted: Apr 1, 2009
RE: Drinking of the cups
Each individual participant has his/her own cup from which he/she drinks. Since the cup is filled and drunk four time throughout the evening, we refer to the "four cups."
Posted By Menachem Posner for Chabad.org

Posted: Apr 1, 2009
seder
so confusing to me, some one who is considering converting , i can also see how confusing to a child this would be. so many many sybolism so ritualistic. so confusing.
Posted By diana , auburn, wa
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Posted: Apr 2, 2009
Thankyou thankyou thankyou I have been with my partner for a year and have been asked by his family to attend passover of which i knew very little .He told me not to worry. I was so worried about doing the wrong thing due to my lack of knowledge.. Thankyou on enlightening me to the tradition I feal a lot more confident and will definently take the whole fruit as a gift instead of the cakes and pastries I had in mind. Your information is priceless
Posted By Anonymous, PETERSHAM, NSW

Posted: Apr 7, 2009
celebrate
All I have to say is "Nava Nagila".
Posted By Ivy

 


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