Transience

last night's seder

Jen and I were talking at lunch about last night's seder and came to the following conclusions:

• next year we need to have someone cater it
• better publicity is a must
• it would be nice to have the service conducted by someone within our congregation
• there doesn't seem much point in doing a seder where the person leading it skips over half the elements and changes the rest to fit a more "Christian" message.

That last one's the sticking point. After all, most of us came to the seder to learn about what it meant to Jesus and his disciples and therefore, what it means for us. So how does saying, "Well, and here they wash their hands, but we're going to skip that. And then here they remember the 10 plagues God sent to Egypt, but we're going to recite 10 sins, instead" help us understand the meaning?

I ended up leaving at 8:45, after the meal but before the second half of the service. Just too tired and totally not into it this year.

Posted by rachel at April 17, 2003 01:12 PM