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Se⋅der
[sey-der] 
–noun, plural Se⋅ders, Hebrew. Se⋅da⋅rim [Seph. se-dah-reem; Ashk. suh-dah-rim, sey-dah-rim] . Judaism.
[Seph. se-dah-reem; Ashk. suh-dah-rim, sey-dah-rim] . Judaism. | a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel. |
Origin:
1860–65; < Heb sēdher lit., order, arrangement
1860–65; < Heb sēdher lit., order, arrangement
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| Se·der (sā'dər) n. pl. Se·ders or Se·dar·im (sĭ-där'ĭm, sě-dä-rĭm') Judaism The feast commemorating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt, celebrated on the first night or the first two nights of Passover. [Hebrew sēder, order, arrangement, Seder; see sdr in Semitic roots.] |
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