Seders in The White House
The staff of the Office of the President of the United States have held seders since at least the late 1990s during the administration of Bill Clinton. On April 9, 2009, President Barack Obama included a second-night seder in his official schedule. This was the first time that a sitting president is known to have hosted and observed a seder at the White House. Obama participated in his first Seder while on the presidential campaign trail in 2008, and has hosted one each year since moving into the White House.
Read more about this topic: Passover Seder, Non-Traditional Seders
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