Despite a horrendous terrorist attack at a hotel in Netanya that killed 29 Israelis on the first night of the Seder in 2002, my family, who were not religious by any stretch of the imagination, conducted the first night Seder without missing a beat.
He arrived in Borough Park in time for the first night of Passover and led a Seder at his home.
All my life, my parents have hosted the Seder on the first night of Passover.
The family maintained the tradition of the seder on the first night of Passover, but stripped away its religious context.
At about 7 15 on the evening of March 27, a 23-year-old Palestinian man walked into the lobby of the Park Hotel in the resort town of Netanya and made for the ground floor banquet hall, where 250 patrons had gathered for a communal Seder dinner on the first night of Passover.
When my father died, we took over the Seder meal on the first night of Passover, and had the cross-cultural pleasure of seeing the guests bring our children Easter eggs.
The week-long holiday of Passover in the spring commemorates the Exodus from Egypt, and in Israel is usually a time for visiting friends and relatives, travelling, and on the first night of Passover, the traditional ritual dinner, known as the Seder.
The most important celebration of the Passover week is the seder, a festive meal, which is usually held on the first night of Passover.
More than an Easter play, Barry's pageant resembles a Seder (yes, of course, the game also took place on the first night of Passover).
By Sasha Weiss April 6 , 2012Tonight is the first night of Passover, the holiday most celebrated by Jews the world over, and this year, many Seder-goers will be reading from "The New American Haggadah," brought to us by Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander.
