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Seder

Seder (plural: sedarim) is a Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
word meaning "order", and can have any of the following meanings:

For Jewish holiday
Jewish holiday

A Jewish holiday or festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history....
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Seder (plural: sedarim) is a Hebrew

Hebrew language

Passover Seder
Passover Seder

The Passover Seder Meal is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first and the second nights of the Jewish holiday of Passover . For Reform Jews and in Israel, the Seder is held only on the first night....
, relives the enslavement and subsequent Exodus of the Children of Israel from Ancient Egypt
There is also a seder for the minor Jewish holiday
Jewish holiday

A Jewish holiday or festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history....
of Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat

"Tu Bishvat" is a minor Jewish holiday in the Hebrew month of Shevat, usually sometime in late January or early February, that marks the "New Year of the Trees" ....
, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is known as Hemdat ha-Yamim and is modeled on the Passover seder.

In the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
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A portion of a biblical book in the masoretic text
Masoretic Text

The Masoretic Text is the Hebrew language text of the Jewish Bible . It defines not just the Development of the Jewish Bible canon, but also the precise letter-text of the biblical books in Judaism, as well as their niqqud and cantillation for both public reading and private study....
of the Tanakh
Tanakh

The Tanakh is the Bible used in Judaism. The name "Tanakh" is a Hebrew language Acronym and initialism formed from the initial Hebrew alphabet of the Tanakh's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim - hence TaNaKh....
. For the Torah
Torah

The term "Torah" , or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism's founding Halakha and ethical religious texts....
, these portions reflect the triennial cycle of Torah readings in the ancient Land of Israel
Land of Israel

For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson....
(as opposed to the annual weekly Torah readings known today). For Nevi'im
Nevi'im

Nevi'im is the second of the three major sections in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, between the Torah and Ketuvim .Nevi'im is traditionally divided into two parts:...
and Ketuvim
Ketuvim

Ketuvim is the third and final section of the Tanakh , after Torah and Nevi'im. In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually entitled "Writings" or "Hagiographa."...
they are quantitative divisions of the biblical text.
A colloquial term for the annual weekly Torah portion as known today.

Relating to Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
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One of the six orders (major sections) of the Mishnah
Mishnah

The Mishnah or Mishna is a major work of Rabbinic literature, and the first major redaction into written form of Jewish oral traditions, called the Oral Torah....
: (1) Zeraim
Zeraim

Seder Zeraim is the first and shortest Seder of the Mishnah, the first major work of Jewish law. The section of mishnah was written by the rabbis to inform all Jews what must be done to fulfill their biblical obligations of prayer and commandments about food....
, (2) Moed
Moed

Moed is the second Order of the Mishnah, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people . Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest....
, (3) Nashim
Nashim

Nashim is the third order of the Mishnah , containing the laws related to women and family life. Of the six orders of the Mishna, it is the second shortest....
, (4) Nezikin
Nezikin

For Jewish law on damages, see Damages Nezikin or Seder Nezikin is the fourth Seder of the Mishna . It deals largely with Jewish criminal and civil law and the Beth Din....
, (5) Kodashim
Kodashim

Kodashim or Kodoshim is the fifth Order in the Mishna . Of the six Orders of the Mishna, it is the third longest. Kodoshim deals largely with the religious service within the Temple in Jerusalem, the Korbanot , and other subjects considered or related to these "Holy Things"....
, and (6) Tohorot
Tohorot

Tohorot is the sixth order of the Mishnah . This order deals with the clean/unclean distinction and family purity. This is the longest of the orders in the Mishnah....
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A study session in a daily yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
schedule, lasting one or more hours, dedicated to the preparation and review of Talmudic texts by chavrutas (learning partners).

In Jewish liturgy
Jewish services

Jewish services are the prayer recitations that form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book....
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An order of prayers that constitutes a liturgy, similar to the word siddur; example: The Seder of Rav Amram Gaon
Amram Gaon

Amram Gaon was a famous Geonim or head of the Jewish Talmud Talmudic Academies in Babylonia of Sura in the 9th century. He was the author of many Responsa, but his chief work was liturgy....
. See the article on siddur
Siddur

A siddur is a Judaism prayer book, containing a set order of List of Jewish prayers and blessings. This article discusses how some of these prayers evolved, and how the siddur, as we know it today has developed....
for this meaning.
A related section of service within a given liturgy; for example: the seder of sounding the shofar
Shofar

A shofar is a horn used for Jewish religious purposes. Shofar-blowing is incorporated in synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur....
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In Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
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The Kabbalistic "Evolution of the Worlds"; see Seder hishtalshelus
Seder hishtalshelus

Seder hishtalshelus means the "order of development" or "order of evolution", where the word Hishtalshelus is derived from the reduplicated quadriliteral root ?L?L "to chain", and so literally means "the chain-like process"....
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