It is an auspicious occasion
in the spring when two holidays once again overlap Passover and Easter; how
truly wonderful!
Biblically there is of course
a connection for Jews and Christians for the reasoning of this.
“Before Pharaoh let the people go, they put the blood
of a lamb upon the doorposts of their houses. The
Old Testament states: "Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male
of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: and
you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole
assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening
.
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on
the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it". The
lamb was to be roasted with fire, with bitter herbs and unleavened bread, and
the household was to eat the lamb. The people were to eat the lamb with
haste and to be ready to leave Egypt
that night. At midnight that evening, death passed through the
land. Every house that did not have the blood on the doorpost suffered
the judgement of God. Passover literally means to "pass
over". Death passed over the doorposts covered with blood. Every
Passover the Jewish people eat a meal called the Passover
Seder. The purpose of this meal is to remember their freedom
from slavery in Egypt
. The night before Jesus was crucified, He ate the Last Supper with His
disciples. This was actually a Passover Seder. During the meal,
Jesus instructed them to eat the bread and drink the wine in remembrance of
Him. The bread symbolized His broken body, and the wine symbolized His
blood. This is the purpose of Communion in the Christian church.”
.
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on
the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it". The
lamb was to be roasted with fire, with bitter herbs and unleavened bread, and
the household was to eat the lamb. The people were to eat the lamb with
haste and to be ready to leave Egypt
that night. At midnight that evening, death passed through the
land. Every house that did not have the blood on the doorpost suffered
the judgement of God. Passover literally means to "pass
over". Death passed over the doorposts covered with blood. Every
Passover the Jewish people eat a meal called the Passover
Seder. The purpose of this meal is to remember their freedom
from slavery in Egypt
. The night before Jesus was crucified, He ate the Last Supper with His
disciples. This was actually a Passover Seder. During the meal,
Jesus instructed them to eat the bread and drink the wine in remembrance of
Him. The bread symbolized His broken body, and the wine symbolized His
blood. This is the purpose of Communion in the Christian church.”
Moving on…
Many sites have information
for these holidays and why we celebrate them, but if you are a member of any
organized religions that meet at brick and mortar buildings for their
services/masses you know this, that is the why.
No one has to tell you
anything, right?
Sadly, although I started my
young life going to Sunday school by age five and even going for a couple years
to Hebrew school until the age of twelve and was a member of the B’nai Brith girls’
organization as a teen: http://www.bnaibrith.org/
I have forgotten nearly as
much as I did learn,
OMG!
So I am definitely happy that
the Internet has accessibility for my refresher courses on Judaism.
You see, Hubby is Catholic,
but does not practice, and I never once asked him to convert and he never asked
me either, as I never would ask him to have a vasectomy, but I did ask him
after my third miss-carriage, two were four and half month ones, if it would be acceptable to have my tubes tied
since we had two healthy happy sons by then, ha! I had wanted a girl/daughter
too.
He is entitled to make his
own decisions, as I am too but sometimes input out of respect for each other is
very important, plus back then a doctor would not perform a Tubiligation without
permission signatures from both the husband and the wife, at age thirty-one.
Life’s choices are
bewildering at times but it is so much easier when you have a life partner who
accepts you for who you are, since that is who he /she fell in love with to
begin with, true?
Moving on once again…
Today Number One Son came for
a visit and to attain some items for his sailboat that are happily stored here.
NO excuses needed we love his visits!
So we had a quasi Seder with
a brisket that I slow cooked for nearly four and half hours on a temperature of
325, with an old fashioned recipe with potatoes, carrots and parsnips. The
recipe also called for rutabagas, but Hubby drew the line there; he wasn’t at
first thrilled with the parsnips either, but he mellowed to them after he tried them. All
was placed in a roasting pan after I browned the two pound flat of brisket that
had been trimmed of most fat and the vegetables and spices were added, a bed of
onions and garlic cloves were placed beneath with the carrots as were the
parsnips and potatoes that were placed surrounding the meat sprinkled, which had been sprinkled with allspice,
paprika, beef bouillon and added in as well were two bay leaves strategically
placed on top. Uh oh, I just remember I forgot the thyme, oops! Oh well it turned out
delish anyway!
And we have quite a bit
left over although Hubby and Number One had seconds, I think.
I also had Hubby pick up
coconut macaroons which we all enjoyed before and after.
And of course Hubby is
already on his second bag shared of Jelly Beans!
Sunday we will celebrate a
sort of Easter which is how we do it these days.
Unfortunately, Number One is
on his way, but to his girlfriend’s home for the night and then he will be back on-board his floating home.
He took the week off and is
not due back until this coming Wednesday; I miss him already.
He told Hubby he came down due
to me not being able to get on or off his sailboat, sorrowfully; what a love
and I do feel very guilty about my malady when anyone I love goes out of their
way to accommodate me. I know it’s silly, but I really do just the same.
Any-who, on that note of any reasoning
to see and be with family at this time of year, allow me to be the very first
to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask all of you to kindly count
all your blessings and share all your overages with you know whom and we will
too!
And next time please be here
or be square, ya hear!
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