Had a Passover meal tonight - our church put it on as a little taster of Jewish tradition. Twas the first time I'd ever had a Passover meal. Twas interesting. Twas long. I don't know how they do it. Also there's a lot of wine to drink. Four times, you have to fill your glass and down it. AND there's a rule that if you fall asleep during the preparations and rituals, you're not allowed to stay for the food. Well after necking most of a bottle of wine, and waiting an hour and a half for dinner at the end of a long day, I'm amazed more don't have a quick kip.

We were there for about 3 hours, and we were told that we'd left out another couple of hours of songs, psalms, prayers, readings and preparations. It made me appreciate Jewish culture afresh, and also appreciate how little tradition my own religion has. It's quite handy that the modern Christian church has dropped most of these rituals. I'm sure it's not the right reason to drop 'em, but it's quite convenient, time-management wise...

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Comment from: Andrew J Lederer [Member] · http://myspace.com/anthologypage

why now? passover's in the spring.

Permalink 07/11/07 @ 00:12

Comment from: Paul Kerensa [Member]

Erm, yeah. I did wonder that. It was run by someone who met someone Jewish once I reckon, so it's probably not entirely to be trusted as an accurate representation...

Permalink 07/11/07 @ 00:15

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