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  • Non jew: do you have a seder meal at passover? I'm v. confused about the calendar, I think.

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    04.15.08, 01:07 PM [ Flag ]

    • Yes. Saturday is the first night.

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      04.15.08, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • ok - but as a catholic, i always learned that the "Last Supper" was Passover and we celebrated Holy Thursday (which would be the night of the last supper) weeks ago. I thought the Catholic and Jewish calendars were more in sync.

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        04.15.08, 01:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • If I understand correctly (DH is a lapse Cath.) a seder and "the" seder are different.

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          04.15.08, 01:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • even so - i always thought we celebrated easter based on passover but passover should come before easter. i'm clearly confused (and taught my sunday school class all wrong.)

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            04.15.08, 01:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

            • you are right. but the calendars don't match up anymore b/c the jews have one calendar and the christians use the cycles of the moon.

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              04.15.08, 01:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • historically, this is correct. in modern days, though, the catholics and jews use different calendars to determine the day of the seder. christians actually use the cycles of the moon to determine lent.

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          04.15.08, 01:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • op: oh - i knew the part about the cycles of the moon - I just assumed the jewish calendar was based on the same thing. thanks!

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            04.15.08, 01:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • ^meaning non jew asking the question - not a question for non jews!

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      04.15.08, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • night 1 and 2 and some also do it on nights 7 and 8.

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      04.15.08, 01:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • you have a seder, the meal is part of the seder, it's a whole process, and the reason it's far from easter is because this is a leap year and there are two adars (i think!)

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      04.15.08, 01:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • yes! 2 adars! I know what this means!!! dh had to say kaddish twice this year because the rabbi can't decide what day should be the date of his father's death because of the 2 adars

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        04.15.08, 01:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • np: for real? My father dies in Adar but it's usually straightforward as to which one to go by.

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          04.15.08, 01:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • The "seder" refers to the meal you have the first 2 nights of Passover. Actually means "order" as there is a perscribed order to the rituals you do before the actual meal.

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      04.15.08, 01:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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