Seder. It means order. Where we progress from page 42 to 262 in our Hagada. (No, we don’t skip pages- the first 41 or so pages cover the laws of the Pesach, as well as the blessings and laws for the searching of any left-over chametz in one’s possession, before the holiday begins.)
I just celebrated the beginning of Pesach- the 7 or 8 day holiday you may know as Passover. The first night or two (depends on where you live and your customs) is a communal meal of study and discussion, called the Seder. The words of the title form the primary statement said at the very beginning of the Seder. The fourth (of 15) part of this event is called ‘Yachatz’, where the leader breaks the middle matza of three on the Seder table into two, unequal pieces. (Matza is the unleavened bread that carries conflicting interpretations – it’s both the bread of affliction and the bread of freedom.)
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