Seder
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈseɪdə/
Origin
From Hebrew סדר (seder, "order").
Full definition of seder
Noun
- (Judaism) The ceremonial meal held on the first night or two nights of Passover.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 332:On the same day, the State of Israel celebrated its first Passover seder and the United Nations, still meeting in those days at Flushing Meadow in Queens, voted to consider the Jewish state's application for membership.
- (Judaism) One of the 54 parts into which the Torah is divided.