My grandchildren have the benefit of having one parent of a Jewish background and the other raised with the Christian traditions.
And so in their family they celebrate both Chanukah,
...and Christmas, |
On Saturday morning, March 31, the second day of Passover this year and the day before Easter our grand daughters told us the story of the biblical Ten Plagues upon Egypt that preceded the first Passover.
Then we blew out a dozen eggs, |
That evening we attended the Second Night seder meal at the home of my son-in-law's parents. |
Some of us helped with the final preparations in the kitchen, |
...while others helped by playing nicely in the living room. |
When all the guests had arrived we took our places at the table and the seder began. |
Each of us were given a copy of the Haggadah, the text used to tell the story of Passover and to explain the significance of the elements of the seder. |
We took turns reading from the beautiful text, |
...a hard boiled egg in salt water, |
...and a delicious matzoh ball soup. |
We started early preparing the food,
...and setting up an obstacle course in the backyard. |
...and a lovely tray of Passover sweets brought by one of the guests. |
At 10 am the guests began arriving, |
...including Pinky's friend Sneakers. |
...the hunt was on, outdoors, |
...as well as indoors. |
...for which each young guest was given a strip of five tickets. |
When a person's ticket was picked they chose a prize and then reached into the bag to choose the next winning ticket. |
My daughter kept the raffle moving along, |
After the raffle the guests spent the rest of the day playing, |
I, of course, invited the guests to stay longer, have some more food, watch some more TV, but the time had come.
"The best thing about this book was its realism." "It was a great book to get lost in." "An engaging and timely debut novel." "Wonderful read." Equal and Opposite Reactions. Buy it on Amazon http://amzn.to/2xvcgRa |