Tag: Seder

Each village priest would recite ancient prayers, such as “Miriam’s Song,” echoing the Biblical account of the Exodus and its aftermath.

A selection of Tu B'Shvat photos from various Chassidic dynasties in Israel

Hundreds attended this year's Chabad of Nepal seder in the Himalayas, the highest place on earth, despite no public notice of its whereabouts.

The song only became popular with Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews much later, and it was eventually translated into Ladino, Arabic and other languages. But what is it doing in our haggadah?

Question: What is the minimum amount of matzah a person must consume if he finds eating it difficult? Additionally how absolute is the requirement not to eat anything after the afikoman? Menachem

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A selection of Tu B'Shvat photos from various Chassidic dynasties in Israel

More than 400 people sat down at the first seder this year at the Chabad House of Bangkok, Thailand.

The following is President Obama's statement on Passover (April 14, 2014). As he has in the past, the President held an official Passover Seder at...

90% of Israelis will participate in a Seder, and 80% of "secular" Jews believe in God. Not bad.

Oh, man, it’s the end of an era.

Chabad-Lubavitch officials say “there’s no way in the world, come Passover we will not make a seder for the thousands of Jews who are relying on us” this year in Katmandu, Nepal.

The labor action has prevented the far-flung Israeli embassy from providing the much-needed goods for the Chabad-Lubavitch seder in Nepal -- a world-famous event that draws nearly a thousand people annually to Katmandu.

Traditionalists can still plant trees in events throughout the country sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

Ever since his first campaign for President, President Obama has been running a Passover Seder, in which he celebrates the holiday of the Israel's...

No matter how deeply American Zionists yearned for peace their good intentions often went unreciprocated. There was plenty of matzah ball soup and brisket, to be sure. But the dining room was occupied by a makeshift tent, the Passover table was replaced by a pile of sheepskin rugs, and the Lindheim children were dressed in Arab garb.

Obama’s aides have not explained to the president that Jews masquerade on Purim and not on Passover. Once again, Obama hosts a White House Seder. He plays Pharaoh, who never let the people go.

An elementary list of reminders regarding the Holiday of Freedom.