Passover Dinner~
A tradition at our home is to celebrate passover at Easter time. All of the food is symbolic of the miracles that occurred in the Old Testament story of Moses and the Israelites.
The bitter herbs represent the bitterness of slavery--the salt water are the tears shed because of bondage--the charoset (apples and walnuts) because of the bricks and mortar the Israelites had to produce--the unleavened bread because they escaped Egypt as quickly as possible--the parsley because God is the God of the universe and of all life--the egg because of new life in God--the grape juice represents the blood of the paschal lamb--and the lamb because the Messiah is the Lamb of God.
This celebration of the passover helps us remember the significance of Easter and our appreciation of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
4 comments:
What a fantastic tradition! I might be adopting that...if you can provide me with some cooking tips for lamb...
We like to read the account of Jesus' last week each Easter. We start on Palm Sunday and act our the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, (everyone likes to take turns being the colt and Jesus riding on it.) and we read what he did each day until we get to the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
I really look forward to doing that each year.
Love hearing how other people celebrate such a great hol-y-day.
That is a great tradition, I love it!
I have an LDS version of the ceremony if anyone wants a copy of it.It is really neat.
What a great tradition Laura. I think we will start doing something like this. It is a great way to help everyone remember his sacrifice for us.
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