Let's dump daylight saving time so our young kids can enjoy the Seder – The Forward
Read this article in Yiddish Every Passover Seder night at my house, we – as well as many other Jewish families across the country – encounter the same scenario. According to Jewish law, the Seder can’t begin until the start of the new day, which is roughly an hour after sunset. Because Passover always falls out after we’ve switched to daylight saving time, it means the Seder doesn’t begin till an hour later than if it would, were we still in standard time. This year, that will be 7:57 p.m. here in New York. For many of us conducting the Seder with young children, this poses a dilem...