seder

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 6, 2023 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>seder</strong> &#149; \SAY-der\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p>A <em>seder</em> (often capitalized as <em>Seder</em>) is a service held in a Jewish home or community that includes a ceremonial dinner and that is held on the first evening, or first and second evenings, of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Passover">Passover</a> in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt.</p> <p>// Ari enjoys the stories, songs, and rituals that accompany dinner on the night of the <em>seder</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seder">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>“For years, I kept my disdain for <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brisket">brisket</a> to myself for fear of committing Jewish culinary treason. Eventually, I needed to know what all the fuss was about—and to feed a crowd for the first Passover <em>seder</em> that I was hosting. So I pulled out some Jewish cookbooks and decided on Joan Nathan’s recipe for Moroccan-style brisket from her book ‘Jewish Cooking in America.’ … It was a hit and delicious in a way that I had no idea brisket could be.” — Julie Giuffrida, <em>The Los Angeles Times</em>, 17 Dec. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Order and ritual are very important in the seder—so important that they are even reflected in its name: the English word <em>seder</em> is a <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transliteration">transliteration</a> of the Hebrew word <em>sēdher</em>, meaning “order.” The courses in the meal, as well as blessings, prayers, stories, and songs, are recorded in the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haggada-biblical-Exodus">Haggadah</a>, a book that lays out the order of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/P