An informal poll

[rhu]

In your opinion, assuming that the seder starts at 8:30pm, at what time should you get to the meal, and at what time should the seder end?

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

It really depends on who's at the seder, doesn't it? LIke, what ages are at the seder?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

To some degree, yes. But I'm trying to get at what people's personal preference is. Obviously someone who answers "end when the students come in to announce that it's time for the morning Sh'ma" is assuming that the kids, if any, will have gone to bed hours earlier. Personally, even before we had kids in the picture, I was unhappy with sedarim that went past 11:30. (Jik's numbers above happen to match my ideal exactly.)

To give away what I'm looking for (hoping that people will respond first and then look at the comments) I'm wondering whether this is a bimodal distribution.

[sethg]

Obviously someone who answers "end when the students come in to announce that it's time for the morning Sh'ma" is assuming that the kids, if any, will have gone to bed hours earlier.

...and assuming either that they won't wake their parents at 8:00 in the morning, or that at least one parent has had a erev-Pesach nap long enough to prepare for a nigh-sleepless Pesach night and make up for whatever sleep was lost while preparing for the holiday.

Assuming all the logistical issues could be resolved to the satisfaction of wife and children, I'd love to do a seder immediately followed by shacharit, but I doubt this will be practical for quite a while.