How Not To Attend a Passover Seder

  • April 16, 2008
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It’s one of the rituals of spring if you have a lot of Jewish friends: the annual seder invitation. Here’s what not to do if you want to keep that friendship alive.

You Will Need

  • An unsuitable gift for the hosts
  • Inappropriate clothing
  • Cross necklace or other symbol of non-Jewish faith
  • Note of apology
  • Loaf of bread
  • Reading material
How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don’t arrive late

Step 1: Don’t arrive late

Don’t arrive late. This is more than a dinner party—it’s a religious celebration with a sequence of rituals.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don’t bring a non-kosher gift

Step 2: Don’t bring a non-kosher gift

Don’t bring a non-kosher gift for your hosts.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don’t wear inappropriate clothing

Step 3: Don’t wear inappropriate clothing

Don’t wear inappropriate clothing or anything you wouldn’t wear to a religious celebration in your own home.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don't eat food before blessings

Step 4: Don't eat food before blessings

Don’t eat any food before the ritual blessings are offered and your hosts have begun to eat.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don't bring your own reading material

Step 5: Don't bring your own reading material

Don’t bring your own reading material in case you get bored.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don't refill your glass of wine

Step 6: Don't refill your glass of wine

Don’t refill your glass of wine other than at the specified moments.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don't announce extra cup

Step 7: Don't announce extra cup

Don’t announce that your host has mistakenly set an extra cup at the table.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don't ask hosts to watch "The Passion of Christ"

Step 8: Don't ask hosts to watch "The Passion of Christ"

Passover may be about community, but don’t ask your hosts if they want to watch The Passion of the Christ with you next weekend.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Don't join in on Exodus story

Step 9: Don't join in on Exodus story

Don’t join in on the retelling of the Exodus story unless someone asks you to read.

How Not To Attend a Passover Seder: Send a note of apology

Step 10: Send a note of apology

If you’ve ignored any of these rules, DO send a note of apology.

Protesting that some of your best friends are Jewish will do nothing to mitigate any insults you have hurled at your hosts.

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Comments (6)

norgon

Omg. I have to show this to my 101 year-old grandma.

over 3 years ago by norgon

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jimmy

whoa, i wouldn't wear that shirt any time of the year...

over 3 years ago by jimmy

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truejew22

LOL

over 3 years ago by truejew22

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BScott

bravo! well done!

over 4 years ago by BScott

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abz

sorry for the low vote but i dont have any jewish friends so it wouldnt be useful to me would it.'shrugs'

over 2 years ago by abz

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MKF

Feh.

over 2 years ago by MKF

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alenwhite

With 9% match rate among the golden members, it means you'll get a real mate if you get 10 more friends there ... Once my friend was a golden member on -----Sêek Ŕich Śingles. C'óM ----- , users there tend to be honest and facetious . Two weeks after she signed up , she met a guy who later became her husband . she met only twenty friends disproportionate foreigners on that site.

10 months ago by alenwhite

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dogtide

simple but nice. well done.

over 2 years ago by dogtide

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