סדר

סדר

Hebrew

FWOTD – 27 March 2021

Root
ס־ד־ר‎ (s-d-r)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈse.der/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ðɛr/

Noun

סֵדֶר • (séder) m (plural indefinite סְדָרִים‎, singular construct סֵדֶר־, plural construct סִדְרֵי־‎) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. Order, the state of being well-arranged, in the sense of putting things in order.
2. An order: an arrangement or sequence.
   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 17b:

     ‏מלמד שנתעטף הקדוש ברוך הוא כשליח צבור והראה לו למשה סדר תפלה‎

     It teaches that the Holy Blessed One wrapped Himself [in a tallit] like a prayer leader and showed Moses the order of the prayers.

   • Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Shofar, Sukkah, v'Lulav 3.10

     ‏נמצא סדר התקיעות כך הוא: מברך ותוקע תקיעה ואחריה שלשה שברים ואחריה תרועה ואחריה תקיעה‎

     Thus the order of the shofar-blasts is thus: the blessing, and blast a tekiah, and after that three shevarim, and after that a truah, and after that a tekiah.

3. A seder (Passover meal)
   • 1994, Yehuda Amichai, "Meditations For the Seder Night," Gods Come and Go, Prayers Remain Forever, Gefen Publishing House, tr. Rabbis Rena Blumenthal and Barbara Penzner

     ‏הרהורי ליל הסדר, מה נשתנה, שאלנו / מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילות.‎‎

     Meditations for the Seder night: what makes it different, we asked / what makes this night different from all other nights?

4. An order: any of the six major divisions of the Mishnah.
   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, :

     ‏אמר ריש לקיש מאי דכתיב והיה אמונת עתיך חוסן ישועות חכמת ודעת וגו׳ אמונת זה סדר זרעים עתיך זה סדר מועד חוסן זה סדר נשים ישועות זה סדר נזיקין חכמת זה סדר קדשים ודעת זה סדר טהרות‎

     Said Resh Lakish, Why is it written, "And it will be that the faith of your times will be a strength, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge" etc.? "Faith," that is the Order Zeraʿim. "Your times," that is the Order Moʿed. "Strength," that is the Order Nashim. "Salvation," that is the Order Nezikin. "Wisdom," that is the Order Kedoshim. "Knowledge," that is the Order Tohorot.

Derived terms

• בְּסֵדֶר‎ (b'séder)
• סֵדֶר יוֹם‎ (séder-yóm)
• שישה סדרים‎ (shishá s'darím), ש״ס‎ (shas)

Descendants

• → Dutch: seder
• → English: seder
• → Yiddish: סדר‎ (seyder)

Verb

סָדַר • (sadár) (pa'al construction)

1. (rare) To order, to organize.

Verb

סדר • (transliteration needed)

1. (סִדֵּר, sidér) defective spelling of סידר‎.
2. (סַדֵּר, sadér) bare infinitive (infinitive construct or gerund) of סידר / סִדֵּר‎ (sidér).
3. (סַדֵּר, sadér) Masculine singular imperative of סידר / סִדֵּר‎ (sidér).
4. (סֻדַּר, sudár) defective spelling of סודר‎.

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew סֵדֶר‎ (séder).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɪ̯dəʁ/

Noun

סדר • (seyder) m, plural סדרים‎ (sedorem)

1. order, sequence
2. (Judaism) seder (Passover meal)

See also

• כּסדר‎ (keseyder, “continuously”)