Passover
So someone reminded me today about this blog....so I decided to allow the world back into my mind and discuss Passover.Why is is that most Christians have no knowledge about Passover? Some of them do not even realize that the Last Supper was Jesus at a Passover Seder. Yes I know some people might find it shocking that Jesus, whose name was most likely Joshua, was Jewish. Although many Christians deny this, most people acknowledge this fact. The similarities between Passover and Easter aren't many other then they both are a kind of celebration for Spring.
Passover, contrary to many people's beliefs has nothing to do with Jesus, which for some may be obvious, but I cannot tell you how many times this semester I have had to explain to relatively intelligent people that Judaism has nothing to do with Jesus. Rather, Christianity comes from Judaism.
Passover, in short, is the story of Moses, in other words go watch The Prince of Egypt, and you'll have some idea what Passover is about. What is most important about Passover, at least from my perspective, is that idea that the Jews were once slaves in Egypt and because of Gd and Moses, they are a free people. This helps me to be grateful not only because I lead a pretty privileged life, but also for Israel. I consider Israel central to my Jewish identity and I believe that without the state of Israel the Jewish people would be like slaves maybe not literally but possibly metaphorically. The state of Israel allows the Jewish people to be free, to have open conversations about Jewish text, something they were unable to do freely for hundreds of years. That's my rant for the day....
posted by Lainna @ 8:30 PM
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