Passover Seder

Last weekend we all went to Jay's sister, Maxine's very first Passover Seder. For the past couple of years she has been exploring her Jewish heritage and earlier this year she had a celebration at her temple in the city to fully embrace her Judaism. So it was natural for her to invite her family to come and participate in this celebration that has gone on since God led Moses to lead the Jews out of slavery in Egypt. 

I absolutely love Seders. I love the tradition of it, the idea that, all over the world, members of this faith are sitting down and remembering what God did for their ancestors all those years ago. I love hearing the prayers in Hebrew and the reciting of the plagues that befell Egypt.

Now I am sure that in Jesus' time they did not have plagues in a box but I kind of liked the throwing of the plagues around the table... who was hit with a boil? Who was hit with a frog? What would the ancient members of the tribe of Israel think of the modern day take on some of the tradition- I think they would have loved it. However it is done, this is a time of remembering and tradition. Oh yeah, and of Matzoh balls

Max had the table set beautifully for the arrival of her guests

I know this is not the best of pictures but I love it. Here everyone is reciting the plagues, remembering the suffering of the Egyptians. We are called to dip a finger into the wine and place it on our plates, once for each plague.

The Passover Plate has items to remind the celebrants of different elements of their time in Egypt. Each has an important part in the Seder.

While I am not Jewish, my Lord was and I feel connected to Him as we celebrate Passover and I was thankful for the opportunity to celebrate it with Jay's family.

Next year in Israel!!