[ noun ] (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover <noun.act>
"In the Soviet Union, it is very dangerous to hold a Seder," Shansviteh said in halting Hebrew.
The weeklong Jewish holiday commemorates the exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt and begins at sundown Wednesday with a traditional meal known in Hebrew as a Seder.
Marvin Kalb, a former television correspondent who now directs a center on media studies at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, said talk at his family's Seder table often turns to newsworthy topics.
"Many Israelis celebrating the Seder will speak of another miracle taking place," said Gad Ben Ari, spokesman for the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency, which raises funds and helps settle immigrants.
"It's the beginning of a new life," said Soviet-born Rabbi Hirsch Rabiski, who led Monday evening's traditional Seder.
Some scholars believe Jesus Christ's Last Supper was a Seder. "That's unclear.