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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Passover Seder canonical 14
Passover liturgy 1
Passover night 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ritual meal
Passover observance
religious ceremony
associatedWith Jewish home
synagogue community events
centralText Haggadah
educationalFunction reinforcement of Jewish identity
transmission of Jewish history
halakhicStatus fulfills biblical commandments related to Passover night
hasRitualAction dipping vegetables in salt water
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
Hallel psalms
Torah readings
linked to: Torah reading

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
linked to: Chad Gadya

Dayenu song
linked to: Dayenu

Echad Mi Yodea song
Four Questions
Ten Plagues recitation
opening the door for Elijah
languageUsed Aramaic
Hebrew
local vernacular
musicTradition Ashkenazi melodies
Mizrahi melodies
Sephardi melodies
observedDuring Passover
occursOn first night of Passover
second night of Passover in the Diaspora
primaryTheme Exodus from Egypt
Jewish liberation from slavery
purpose commemoration of the Israelites’ deliverance from Egypt
fulfilling the commandment to tell the story to children
retelling the Exodus story
relatedConcept Exodus narrative
linked to: Exodus from Egypt

Haggadah
Jewish holidays
Passover
religion Judaism
structuredBy fifteen traditional steps
symbolicItem Seder plate
afikoman
charoset
cup of Elijah
four cups of wine
karpas
maror
matzah
roasted egg
roasted shank bone
salt water
targetAudience Jewish children
Jewish families
timeOfDay evening
night

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dayenu usedDuring Passover Seder
Chad Gadya partOf Passover Seder
Four Sons associatedWithRitual Passover Seder
Nirtzah partOf Passover Seder
Vehi She’amda liturgicalOccasion Passover Seder
Seder plate usedIn Passover Seder
Psalm 114 liturgicalUse Passover Seder
Musaf of Pesach partOf Passover liturgy
linked to: Passover Seder
Ma Nishtana partOf Passover Seder
Ma Nishtana recitedDuring Passover Seder
Next year in Jerusalem usedIn Passover Seder
Adir Hu isSungDuring Passover Seder
Ki Lo Na’eh usedInRitual Passover Seder
Ki Lo Na’eh associatedHoliday Passover night
linked to: Passover Seder
Psalms 113–118 recitedDuring Passover Seder
Tractate Pesachim subject Passover Seder