Passover Seder
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Passover Seder is the ritual meal and service held on the first nights of Passover, featuring the retelling of the Exodus story, symbolic foods, prayers, and songs.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Passover liturgy | 1 |
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish ritual meal
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Passover observance ⓘ religious ceremony ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jewish home
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synagogue community events ⓘ |
| centralText | Haggadah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationalFunction |
reinforcement of Jewish identity
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transmission of Jewish history ⓘ |
| halakhicStatus | fulfills biblical commandments related to Passover night ⓘ |
| hasRitualAction |
dipping vegetables in salt water
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eating matzah and maror together ⓘ hiding and redeeming the afikoman ⓘ leaning to the left while drinking wine ⓘ removing drops of wine for each plague ⓘ |
| includes |
Grace after Meals
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Hallel psalms ⓘ Torah readings NERFINISHED ⓘ blessings ⓘ breaking of the middle matzah ⓘ four cups of wine ⓘ hand washing rituals ⓘ prayers ⓘ questions and answers ⓘ reclining while eating ⓘ ritual meal ⓘ search for the afikoman ⓘ songs ⓘ symbolic foods ⓘ |
| keyElement |
Chad Gadya song
NERFINISHED
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Dayenu song NERFINISHED ⓘ Echad Mi Yodea song NERFINISHED ⓘ Four Questions ⓘ Ten Plagues recitation ⓘ opening the door for Elijah ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ local vernacular ⓘ |
| musicTradition |
Ashkenazi melodies
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Mizrahi melodies ⓘ Sephardi melodies ⓘ |
| observedDuring | Passover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occursOn |
first night of Passover
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second night of Passover in the Diaspora ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
Exodus from Egypt
NERFINISHED
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Jewish liberation from slavery ⓘ |
| purpose |
commemoration of the Israelites’ deliverance from Egypt
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fulfilling the commandment to tell the story to children ⓘ retelling the Exodus story ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Exodus narrative
NERFINISHED
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Haggadah NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish holidays NERFINISHED ⓘ Passover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| structuredBy | fifteen traditional steps ⓘ |
| symbolicItem |
Seder plate
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afikoman ⓘ charoset ⓘ cup of Elijah ⓘ four cups of wine ⓘ karpas ⓘ maror ⓘ matzah ⓘ roasted egg ⓘ roasted shank bone ⓘ salt water ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Jewish children
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Jewish families ⓘ |
| timeOfDay |
evening
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night ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
Passover liturgy