Seder means "order" because there are so many details to remember.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

AT THE SEDER TABLE

 

Seder plate with:

  • Sliced Cucumber / celery / potato (Karpas)
  • Lettuce (Chazeret)
  • Horseradish (Marror)
  • Charoset
  • Roasted chicken wing (Zero'ah)
  • Hard boiled egg (Beitzah)

 

Matzah cover with 3 matzot
Plate of extra matzot
Bottles of grape juice
Bottles of wine
Cup for Elijah
Small bowl of saltwater

AT EACH PLACE
Kiddush cup
Pillow for reclining
Haggadah

SPECIAL ITEMS
Candies for "good questions and answers"
Props to re-create the Ten Plagues
Afikomen prizes

Published: Wednesday, April 02, 2003

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Visitor Comments: 3

  • (3) Mordechai Agasi , March 22, 2006

    Seder Table Checklist

    Passover Seder Table Checklist

    The following is a basic list of what you need to run a seder:

    Three Matzot
    The Matzot can either be part of the Seder Plate (if the plate is so constructed) or left separately. Also, they should be whole.

    Matzos Cover

    Afikoman bags

    Haggadah (the text of the Passover Seder) / Machzor

    D'var Torah letter for the Kids

    Wine or grape juice

    Kiddush Becher (at least 3.3 oz.)

    Cork Opener

    Saucer (for spilling wine when plagues are mentioned.)

    Seder plate with-
    Karpas - Potato
    Chazeret - Lettuce
    Marror - Horseradish
    Charoset - Nuts in wine
    Zero'ah - Roasted chicken wing
    Beitzah - Hard boiled egg

    Extra Matzah (covered-optional; This Matzah need not be on the table.)

    Salt

    Extra Marror (This Marror need not be on the table.)

    Towel, napkins

    Pillow for reclining

    Kittel (a white garment worn by all married men except one who is in mourning. Some have the custom that a Chatan (groom) during the first year of marriage does not wear a Kittel.

    Nuts for "good questions and answers"

    Nut cracker

    Food-
    Gefiltefish, Horseradish, Dips, Salads, Chicken Soup, Passover Noodles, Chicken, Meat, Side Dish, Latkes, Kugel, Dessert,

    Drinks-
    Borsht/Juices/Drinks/Water

    Cup of Elijah

    Cooked Potatoes

    Hard boiled Eggs

    Small bowl of saltwater

    Afikomen prizes

    Leichter / Candles-
    Matches / Neronim Cups / Candle Holder / Liquid-Paraffin Candle Wax / Floating Wick.

    YAKN'HAZ Candle

    48 Hr. Candle for Cooking

    Shabbos Clock for Light/Heat/Air conditioner/Fan

    Shabbos Blech (Electric)

    Mishna Brurah/Shmiras Shabbos Kehilchaso

  • (2) grovychick , March 11, 2006

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  • (1) Anonymous , March 21, 2004

    Some people use celery as karpas.

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Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, and rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He is the senior editor of Aish.com and the director of JewishPathways.com. He is also regarded as an expert on media bias relating to the Middle East conflict, and was the founding editor of HonestReporting.com. Rabbi Simmons lives with his wife and children in the Modi''in region of Israel.

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