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Is it OK to ask your Seder host if you can bring a guest?

JL;DR SUMMARY Navigating the social etiquette of a Passover Seder can be tricky, especially when considering bringing an unexpected guest. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish TraditionsJewish CustomsPassoverCommunitySederBintel BriefAdviceHospitalityEtiquetteHoliday Gathering

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