[Dean's World] Andrew Cory: Passover

[notify at powerblogs.com]

Posted by Andrew Cory:
Passover
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1175535913.shtml


   After +10 years of having half my family being Jewish, I finally
   attended a [1]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...

References

   1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_Seder