What is a Sedar meal? (Jewish Passover)?

Question

I am looking for information in regards to a Sedar Meal, how it is prepaired, when does it take place, time of day etc. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Including first hand knowledge as well as information found on the internet (good sites to view).

Answer 1

the Seder relives the enslavement and subsequent Exodus of the Children of Israel from Ancient Egypt through the words of the Haggadah, the drinking of Four Cups of Wine, the eating of matzot, and the eating of and reference to symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate.

The Seder is considered an integral aspect of Jewish faith and identity. As the Haggadah—which contains the complete Seder service—explains, without the Exodus, the Jews would still be slaves to the Egyptian Pharaoh and would never have realized their role as a nation. Therefore this is an occasion for much praise and thanksgiving to God. It is considered a mitzvah to embellish one's retelling of the Exodus on this night. Often the Seder lasts into the early hours of the morning of the next day, as participants continue to learn Torah and talk about the events of the night and sing special Passover songs included in the Haggadah.

Unlike other public holiday observances that are traditionally held in the synagogue, the Seder is specifically designed to be conducted by a family at home, with or without guests. (However, the Seder may also be conducted by any group of people, including synagogue members, hotel guests, singles, students and travelers—see below, "Public Seders".) This focus is derived from the opening words of the Torah verse which is the source for the mitzvah of retelling the Exodus from Egypt: Vehegadeta levincha bayom hahu leymor ba'avur zeh asah Adonay li betzaysi miMitzrayim - "And you shall tell it to your son on that day, saying, 'Because of this God did for me when He took me out of Egypt" (Exodus 13:8). The words and rituals of the Seder are a primary vehicle for the transmission of the Jewish faith from parent to child, and from one generation to the next.
How you prepare it depends on if you are kosher or not. I have helped my neighbor prepare the Sedar table/ meal, and other than having special foods, there is nothing different about the prep. (she chooses to not follow the stricter kosher rules, but does only buy kosher food).
These links will help you with all you need to know. - hope this was helpful, dd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_Seder
http://www.jewfaq.org/seder.htm
http://nj006.urj.net/seder/plate.html
http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/pesach/seder.html

Answer 2

The Seder meal is for 2 nights.Check your calender for when.The Seder meal consists of non-leavened foods known as chometz.This day is when you would use your best dishes.The meal can be anything long as it is not leavened.The meal starts at sunset and could end anytime.Before the meal you have to make sure you have a haggadah(you can get that off the Internet or your local synagogue).Make sure you have enough for everyone and extras because for beginners this is your guideline!!!!First you light candles,this can be any candles as long as they melt in at least an half an hour.You circle the candles with your hands and say(Baruch at ah Hasheem Elohim meleck haolam Asher kidishanu bemitzvotav vitzivanu lachalic near Shel pesach)then you would start the Seder now since the Seder is a long process i cant go over everything but i will give you a website to go over and print,which is what i personally use for my knowledge.

Answer 3

I like what the other person posted. The one thing to remember is the great thing about Jewish holidays is that they AREN'T set in stone. My family and I celebrate the sedar in a totally different way then my cousins do. We talk throughout the sedar and sing songs but the most important thing is we have fun!

Answer 4

the sedar meal takes place in the spring time and very late at night there are different tridations for for many familys but basically we read the hagdda thanking g-d for taking us out of eygpt and for taking us all of the exiles after that there are many different parts and like i said many different triditions there is the caara that symboliyes like the slavery it goes untill very late in the night

Answer 5

It is a special Jewish ritual which takes place on the first evening of the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Answer 6

the "seder" is not just a meal here in israel we red in the "hagda" is story about how the israeli people go out from Egypt and we sing a lot of song we have spicel plate we put there egg lettuce
horse radish celery "mtza" "haroset" chiken lag and and we bless on this
and after we red all the "hgada" we eat the meal
we custom to eat "kenydalah" soup but all ethnic group with them food