General Information:

All are invited for a festive time to rediscover how the last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples pointed to the fullness of His Messianic mission to fulfill all the promises of the Law and the Prophets.

This will be a relaxed time of fellowship seated at tables set with the customary Passover foods, learning ancient Hebrew songs and traditions, retelling the Exodus story, and praising God for His works of salvation.

What is a Seder? (say-der) means “order”

The Passover Sedar is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Jews generally observe the Seder on the first night of Passover. The Seder meal is shared in the home among multiple generations of family and friends. It involves retelling the story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt found in the book of Exodus. It follows the biblical command, “On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’” (Exodus 13:8").

The most common elements of the Jewish tradition in the Seder include children asking questions which lead to telling the story, drinking four cups of wine (or grape juice), eating matzo, partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder plate, and reclining in celebration of freedom.

A typical Seder meal includes:

1. Kadesh - Kiddush (a blessing)

2. Urhatz - washing preparation

3. Karpas - spring vegetable

4. Yachatz - diving the Matzo

5. Maggid - telling the story

6. Rochtzah - hand washing

7. Motzi Matzah - eating Matzah

8. Maror - bitter herbs

9. Koreich - Hillel sandwich

10. Shulchan Orech - meal

11. Tzafun - dessert

12. Barekh - grace after meal

13. Hallel - psalm of praise

14. Nirtzah - conclusion