Editing Passover Seder (section)

==Overview==
# '''{{transliteration|he|Kadeish}} ({{lang|he|קדש}})''' ''Sanctify!'' – recital of [[Kiddush]] blessing and drinking of the first cup of wine
# '''{{transliteration|he|Urchatz}} ({{lang|he|ורחץ}})''' ''and Wash!'' – the washing of the hands
# '''{{transliteration|he|Karpas}} ({{lang|he|כרפס}})''' ''Vegetable'' – dipping of the ''[[karpas]]'' in salt water
# '''{{transliteration|he|Yachatz}} ({{lang|he|יחץ}})''' ''Halving'' – breaking the middle matzah; the larger piece becomes the ''[[afikoman]]''
# '''{{transliteration|he|Maggid}} ({{lang|he|מגיד}})''' ''Telling'' – retelling the Passover story, including the recital of "[[the four questions]]" and drinking of the second cup of wine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Themes of Maggid - Jewish Tradition |url=https://yahadut.org/en/shabbat-and-festivals/the-seder/themes-of-maggid/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=yahadut.org |language=en}}</ref>
# '''{{transliteration|he|Rach'tzah}} ({{lang|he|רחצה}})''' ''Washing'' – second washing of the hands
#'''{{transliteration|he|Motzi}} ({{lang|he|מוציא}}'')'''''<nowiki/>''"Who brings out..."'' – blessing over the bread
# '''{{transliteration|he|Matzah}} ({{lang|he|מצה}})''' ''"...matzah"'' – blessing before eating [[matzah]]
# '''{{transliteration|he|Maror}} ({{lang|he|מרור}})''' ''Bitter'' – eating of the [[maror]]
# '''{{transliteration|he|Koreich}} ({{lang|he|כורך}})''' ''Wraps'' – eating of a sandwich made of matzo and maror
# '''{{transliteration|he|Shulchan oreich}} ({{lang|he|שלחן עורך}})''' ''Set table'' – the serving of the holiday meal
# '''{{transliteration|he|Tzafun}} ({{lang|he|צפון}})''' ''Hidden'' – eating of the ''[[afikoman]]''
# '''{{transliteration|he|Bareich}} ({{lang|he|ברך}})''' ''Bless!'' – blessing after the meal and drinking of the third cup of wine
# '''{{transliteration|he|[[Hallel]]}} ({{lang|he|הלל}})''' ''Exalt!'' – recital of the Hallel, traditionally recited on festivals; drinking of the fourth cup of wine
# '''{{transliteration|he|Nirtzah}} ({{lang|he|נרצה}})''' ''Desired'' – say "[[Next Year in Jerusalem]]!"

The Seder is most often conducted in the family home, although communal Seders are also organized by synagogues, schools and community centers, some open to the general public. It is customary to invite guests, especially strangers and the needy. The Seder is integral to Jewish faith and identity: as explained in the Haggadah, if not for [[Miracle|divine intervention]] and the Exodus, the Jewish people would still be [[slaves]] in Egypt. Therefore, the Seder is an occasion for praise and thanksgiving and for re-dedication to the idea of liberation. Furthermore, the words and rituals of the Seder are a primary vehicle for the transmission of the [[Judaism|Jewish faith]] from grandparent to child, and from one generation to the next. Attending a Seder and eating matzah on Passover is a widespread custom even among those who are not religiously observant.

[[File:1850ukr pesah.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A Ukrainian 19th-century [[lubok]] representing the Seder table]]
Family members come to the table dressed in their holiday clothes. There is an Orthodox Ashkenazi tradition for the person leading the Seder to wear a white robe called a [[kittel]].<ref name=MB>Mishnah Berurah, 472:13</ref><ref name=Eider>{{Cite book|last=Eider |first=Shimon |author-link=Shimon Eider |title=Halachos of Pesach |publisher=Feldheim publishers |isbn=978-0-87306-864-2|year=1998 }}</ref> For the first half of the Seder, each participant will only need a plate and a wine glass. At the head of the table is a Seder plate containing various symbolic foods that will be eaten or pointed out during the course of the Seder. Placed nearby is a plate with three [[Matzah|matzo]]t and dishes of salt water for dipping.

Each participant receives a copy of the Haggadah: an ancient text that contains the complete Seder service. Men and women are equally obliged and eligible to participate in the Seder.<ref name=chinuch>sefer hachinuch, mi tzvah 21</ref> Traditionally, each participant at the Seder table recites the Haggadah in the original Hebrew and Aramaic. [[Halakha]] (the collective body of Jewish religious laws) requires that certain parts be said in language the participants can understand, and critical parts are often said in both Hebrew and the native language. The leader will often interrupt the reading to discuss different points with his or her children, or to offer an insight into the meaning or interpretation of the words.

In some homes, participants take turns reciting the text of the Haggadah, in the original Hebrew or in translation. It is traditional for the head of the household and other participants to have pillows placed behind them for added comfort. At several points during the Seder, participants lean to the left – when drinking the four cups of wine, eating the Afikoman, and eating the korech sandwich.<ref name=Eider />

Jews generally observe one or two seders: in Israel, one seder is observed on the first night of Passover; traditional [[Jewish Diaspora|Diaspora]] communities (to the general exception of [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] and [[Reconstructionist Judaism|Reconstructionist]] Jews) also hold a seder  on the second night. Seders have been observed around the world, including in remote places such as high in the Himalaya mountains in [[Kathmandu, Nepal]].<ref>April 14, 2014, Israel National News, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/291149#.U6ixzpRX9pA Volunteers Save Kathmandu Seder], Accessed June 22, 2014, "...Chabad house, which is expecting over 1,000 people for Monday night's seder..."</ref><ref>April 15th, 2014, Global Post, [http://www.globalpost.com/photo-galleries/planet-pic/6122264/kathmandu-jerusalem-how-jews-around-the-world-are-celebrating-passover From Kathmandu to Jerusalem, how Jews around the world are celebrating Passover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629195123/http://www.globalpost.com/photo-galleries/planet-pic/6122264/kathmandu-jerusalem-how-jews-around-the-world-are-celebrating-passover |date=2014-06-29 }}, Accessed June 28, 2014</ref>