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Finding Meaning In The Passover
By Emily Jex Boyle
or millennia, Jews around the world have 11:5) To those willing to obey, Jehovah offered life observed and remembered the Feast of the rather than death, promising the destroying angel Passover (also called Pesach). In 2021, Rob would pass over them. These instructions, the first Eshman wrote an op-ed for the L.A. Times in which Passover, foreshadowed the death of Jesus Christ, the he suggests readers connect in one form or another Lamb of God. with the sacred holiday. He writes, “Do not find the Authors of the book, A Christ-Centered Easter: nearest Jewish home and crash the Seder — that Day By Day Activities to Celebrate Easter Week, Joe could go horribly wrong. But and Janet Hales, write, “Accorda year into the pandemic, there ing to Christian tradition, Jesus’ is something about the holiLast Supper was a Passover day that everyone — Jewish, meal. Because of this, some non-Jewish, religious, antiChristians, including Latter-day religious — can find powerful Saints, have drawn upon the and important. Even if you’re Jewish tradition by celebrating not Jewish, you should still do Passover with the Seder service.” something Passover-ish.” Invited as a young adult to Passover is a holiday to reexperience my first Seder meal member the exodus of the chilwhile in the Netherlands, I dren of Israel from slavery in witnessed poetic parallels conEgypt. (Ex. 12:17). In the face necting Jewish faith with that of of a determined Pharoah, Moses my own. The movement of the prophetically, and repeatedly, story tied to the symbolic food called for liberation culminating and drink, including the afikowith the tenth plague in which men, touched me deeply. At the Photo by Lynne Wilson “the first born in the Land of meal, I learned about and noticed Dow Wilson with his grandson at family Egypt [would] die.” (Exodus powerful imagery related to the Seder meal.
Last Supper and weekly sacrament ordinance. Dr. Lynne Wilson explains that during the traditional Seder meal families, “remember all these symbols of the blood spilt and the bitter herb, the unleavened bread and the lambs that were sacrificed to paint the blood over their doors, a sacred place to be preserved. it was Christ’s blood that will preserve and seal and keep us. These are all symbols from the sacrament that are part of the Passover feast.” This includes a cup following dinner called the cup of Redemption. “The Passover Seder invites us, through questioning, to give memory meaning,” according to Rob Eshman. This spring, consider a trip out of Egypt with your family.
Lentil Soup for Passover (from Lynne Wilson) 2 T. olive oil 2 large onions chopped 3 carrots coarsely grated ¾ t. Marjoram crumbled ¾ t. Thyme leaves crumbled 28 oz. canned diced tomatoes and juices 7 c. broth 1 ½ c. dried lentils, rinsed and picked ½ t. Salt ¼-½ t. Black pepper Heat oil and sauté onions, carrots, marjoram and thyme stirring frequently for about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, broth and lentils. Bring to a boil and reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour or until tender. Add salt, pepper and parsley. Simmer for a few minutes. Serve with cheese.
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