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April 02, 2007
Passover
After +10 years of having half my family being Jewish, I finally attended a Seder this weekend. Of course, it was with my GF's family, rather than my own...
The meal is about symbolically recalling the days when the Jews lived in Egyptian captivity, and the idea is to specifically feel the injustice of slavery as though it were a living presence in your own life. Through that, you are called to empathy for all people who currently injustice, and reminded that you, yourself, ought to be an agent of change...
This is exactly as depressing as Easter-- not at all. We are reminded that amidst suffering, there is life. Sweet food and sweet wine, frequent toasting and sharing of stories symbolically and actually tell us that life is a gift from G-D. Dayenu!
I have said before that if I were to go monotheistic, I'd go Jewish. Seder has reconfirmed that sentiment...
Posted by Andrew at April 2, 2007 10:38 AM