Passover Feast

We attended a most unique Passover celebration.  Let me briefly give the back story, [with fictitious names].   Some time ago,  Cara married Paul.  Cara was a good Catholic girl, and Paul a nice Jewish boy.  In time,  Cara became a good Jewish girl, and thereby,  the keeper of the family's Jewish traditions.


The son of Cara and Paul, Mark, eventually married our daughter Vee, a good Protestant girl.  In recent years, the family Passover celebration,  has expanded to include many cousins, and other relatives of various sorts, to include all of Cara's siblings and their spouses and children, who hale from a very Catholic background.  Vee and her parents are Protestants.  Paul and his cousins and relatives are Jewish.  This year, the guests included Mark's in-laws,  the Rehkuglers.

The Passover we attended Friday night was a motley mixture of folks from a variety of faiths,  agnostics, and those of no denominations.  There were clueless first time Seder attendees, and more experienced folks.  There were 28 of us at the table(s)!   The Seder itself was instructive, and informal, and we did use Haggadahs, and the readings were read in Hebrew and English.   It was recognizably a Passover Seder,  but most of all, it was a large family feast!

Maybe there were ten or so mature adults, but most of the rest were teens and young adults.  It is a fun, lively, delicious, educational, and most memorable event!   I am sure that it is a highlight for them each year.  Maybe we'll get to go again someday, too!

I hope so!