i'm thinking I'm not the only one going to hell in my family

[lazulisong]

so I guess mother is doing a seder dinner with the kids and for the shank bone she's using chicken bones?

I - I don't know either.

goddammit could she get past the messianic jewish stage again please.

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[sub_divided]

I thought very very briefly about not buying a sandwich for lunch today, but then I remembered I'm not observant. ^^; At least it wasn't ham and cheese?

I haven't gone to seder on-campus since freshman year. NEVER AGAIN.

[vampireborg]

Pardon the dumb question - was it because of the yeast in the bread or do people fast during Passover in general?

repost, grammar

[sub_divided]

Yeast! Fasting is Yom Kippur.

It's forbidden to own, buy, sell or consume any grain-type foodstuff that has been in extended contact with water during Passover. Traditionally it's all supposed to be thrown away, though some people move it out of the pantry temporarily instead. Back when we always had Seder at my grandmother's house, my mother felt free to ignore this rule -- maybe the bread was still on the shelves, but we weren't in the house, you see? -- but since the relatives started coming over she's taken to hiding it in the basement or the back of the refridgerator for the duration.

Whether or not we're allowed to eat rice is one of those tricky theological questions whose answer varies depending on who you ask. XD (Why I am including myself in this "we"?)

Passover was always my favorite holiday. It's terrible in a large group though -- ten or twelve people is perfect, like Thanksgiving.

Re: repost, grammar

[vampireborg]

OK, I knew one of them was fasting and right now we're at the end of Lent, which IS the fasting one for Christians. :D

XDDDD I just bet it IS. (Because? :D)

Aw! I was reading something today that was saying "passover is a defining holiday for Jewish culture like Thanksgiving is a defining holiday for American culture." SO TRUE. :D

[demon_pet]

No no.. for the love of God, No..

Why not just suggest casting of the chicken bones, and sharing cultures?!?!?

ACCCHHH

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[vampireborg]

BECAUSE MOTHER IS NUTS, basically.

I think it's that she doesn't want to admit that SHE'S STILL ACTUALLY CATHOLIC and wants the ritual stuff that she claims is legalistic and horrid, SO THIS IS THE ONLY WAY SHE CAN GET IT.

[lazulisong]

ask amy for more details but basically mom regularly gets this urge to return to the Judeaic roots of Christianity and starts talking about how Easter and Christmas are all pagan and shit.

I I don't know either.

[vampireborg]

DON'T FORGET ABOUT HALLOWEEN.

[vampireborg]

Mother is nuts, is the short version.