i feel pretty jewish this evening
its times like these that i love that i have 1/2 jewish blood. i love being able to appreciate the reason why we have a no homework night on passover while not having to eat matzah all week. It's just really cool to expirience the fun side of a religion. it gives me a perspective and broader knowledge for example i was the only one who knew what was going on when we had a seder at youth group last sunday. it was fun to be able to laugh to myself that this was not a seder because we were eating levened bread.
my dad always tells stories during passover and i can just listen to him and know that he has been thrown back into his childhood and he is in an instant good mood. every year he feels like he has to re-explain the meaning of the plauges and the 4 questions even though we really already know. but no one tells him to stop because we know he is in another world. and he always tells us that the small blue cups that my brother and i drink passover wine were his. my family always hide the "afikomen" (which is a special piece of matzah). i love it because it is still okay to be into the game even though i am 16 and my brother is 12. i was sad this year because we didnt open the front door to let in elijah.
i really hope that i can expose my children to passover even though i am not jewish. and i hope that i will be able to cook light and fluffy matzah balls like my mom does. i want to be able to tell my kids to try a tiny bit of horse radish even though it will burn your mouth for a second. i want them to trust me enough to try it themselves when i say it will only burn for a second.
my dad always tells stories during passover and i can just listen to him and know that he has been thrown back into his childhood and he is in an instant good mood. every year he feels like he has to re-explain the meaning of the plauges and the 4 questions even though we really already know. but no one tells him to stop because we know he is in another world. and he always tells us that the small blue cups that my brother and i drink passover wine were his. my family always hide the "afikomen" (which is a special piece of matzah). i love it because it is still okay to be into the game even though i am 16 and my brother is 12. i was sad this year because we didnt open the front door to let in elijah.
i really hope that i can expose my children to passover even though i am not jewish. and i hope that i will be able to cook light and fluffy matzah balls like my mom does. i want to be able to tell my kids to try a tiny bit of horse radish even though it will burn your mouth for a second. i want them to trust me enough to try it themselves when i say it will only burn for a second.