This year a friend of ours and his daughter will be joining our Seder.
Obama will again host a small Seder, complete with recipes provided by friends and family.
At Mr. Burak's parents' home in Manhattan, festivities tend to go beyond the sedate Seder script.
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One small hitch: Orthodox Jews, who are prohibited from using electronic devices during the Seder or Sabbath e.g.
Tonight, Jews will gather for a second Seder, where they will retell the story of the Exodus.
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Myndie Brown of Denver says she is pretty sure he will make an appearance at her family's Seder.
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To that end, we held a Seder here to mark the first Passover.
The Seder is among the few religious rituals most American Jews still embrace.
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In Netanya, 30 Jews were murdered at the Park Hotel by a jihadist suicide bomber while celebrating the Pessah Seder.
This week, Jewish families gathered around the Seder table, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt and the triumph of faith over oppression.
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For the Seder, he plans to put aside his old paper Haggadahs those trusty booklets containing chants and prayers used Passover night.
This year, as we have the past several, the Seder will be held at my mother's apartment, with me leading the service.
Meanwhile, back in Cincinnati, even Rabbi Baum will attend a sit-down Seder.
Islamic Jihad had been threatening retribution following the killing by Israel of Muhammad Seder, one of its senior operatives in Hebron, on August 14th.
It was the first night of Passover on Monday, which means that for many New Yorkers, their night out involved going to a Seder, i.e.
Family members, for instance, like to take the plagues theme literally by throwing toy frogs at one another and having bugs, lice and other fake creatures on the Seder table.
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His brother Paul also leads a service, but he lives on the West Coast, where their father Claude, another Hebrew speaker who sometimes joins our Seder, will be in attendance.
As the eight days of Passover begin tonight, we reached out to eight Jewish chefs around the country to share their own thoughts, menus and recipes for a healthy, satisfying Seder.
So in terms of -- they will participate in the traditional Seder activities, and I know that there are some secret family recipes that are involved in the whole thing as well.
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Nearly 70% of Jews attend a Seder, compared to the 25% who pray regularly at a synagogue or observe dietary laws in their homes, according to the Jewish Federations of North America.
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And rather than preside from the dining room table, he will lead his family to the den, where they will follow the Seder on a widescreen TV, using Apple's equivalent of Power Point.
For decades, many Jewish families in the U.S. also shared the same written blueprint for their Seder celebration: The Maxwell House Haggada, so-named because it was printed by the popular coffee brand and given away free.
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On Monday and Tuesday nights, Jewish families and friends in the United States and around the world gathered for a Seder to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt and the triumph of hope and perseverance over injustice and oppression.
Noting that he would host a seder at the White House, the President recalled that the story of Passover is one of liberation and freedom, and expressed hope that the Israeli people would be able to celebrate in peace.
Taking their seats at an Agape Restaurant, guests would find in front of them guidebooks reminiscent of the Haggadah (the text followed at a Passover Seder) or the Missal, laying out the rules for how to behave at the meal.
The militants insist they will avenge the deaths of their members in Israeli raids Islamic Jihad vowed revenge for Mr Seder's killing and say that the ceasefire may not last until its expiry date in late September, let alone be renewed thereafter, unless many of their comrades are released from Israeli custody.
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