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Seder

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Seder

Ritual meal served on the first night of Passover, commemorating the flight of the Jews from Egypt. Presided over by the head of the family, the Seder follows a liturgy, the Haggadah, that reminds participants of the story of the Exodus. The ritual includes blessings, the pouring of wine, and ritual questions about the meaning of the event (“Why does this night differ from all other nights?”) asked by the youngest child present. The meal includes unleavened bread and bitter herbs, the bread symbolizing the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt and the herbs symbolizing the bitterness of slavery. A cup of wine is poured for Elijah, the precursor of the messiah.


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Help arrived, however, in the form of Passover baskets containing everything a family needed to celebrate their Seder.
That's what makes this so wonderful," said the 76-year-old woman, who participated in the second night of a community Passover Seder on Thursday as part of an annual tradition at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda.
Consisting of ten knowledgeably written essays: An Exalted Evening; The Seder Night; Slavery and Freedom; The Symbolism of Matzah; The Inner Transformation on Pesah Night; Seders of Denigration and Praise; Arami Oved Avi; Jewish History and Destiny; The Plague of the Firstborn; Moses and the Redemption; Pesah and the Omer; and Counting Time, Festival Of Freedom opens its readers eyes to an exclusive and scholastic understanding of the Haggadah and Passover.
 
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