I want to wish all of my friends that are Jewish, soon to be Jewish and those others who celebrate Judiasm, a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
In case you do not fall into any of the above categories, Friday at sundown begins the Jewish New Year. I am looking forward to spending a wonderful evening (actually 2 evenings) with my family and friends that gather to feast! Sad to say, at this point, we are pretty much devoid of any of the religious aspects except for the traditional foods, but, the time we spend together is a religious experience unto itself!
Quite a bit of the family has married out of the religion, so maybe 2/3 of those at seders are non-Jewish. One year at Passover, my cousin's wife brought her contribution to dinner. Now, let me preface this with the fact that she is an AWESOME baker and an Italian Catholic (she has a saint in her ancestry). Not being familiar with the laws of kashrut or many of our customs, she brought homemade pepperoni bread!! What made this even more crazy was that we all ate it, raved about it because it was incredible, and THEN realized it was Passover! OOPS!
As I write this, I am salivating over the thoughts going through my head of chopped liver, gefilte fish, matzoh balls and the evil shmaltz. Now I am thinking about the equally evil scale! Oh well, it is a holiday!
Until next time...goodnight!
3 comments:
Pepperoni bread!!! Oh my gosh!! That's even worse than what happened here in my home last Passover. I held a seder to introduce my Christian friends to the idea of Passover. One of them, a Jamaican man, brought a special Jamaican bread that his wife made especially for the occasion! I tried to be polite, so I put it out of sight, in the fridge... so much for clearing the house of chametz..
All was not lost, as it was an evening meant for education, so I used the situation to explain the whole chametz thing.
I forgot to say-- LShana Tovah!
I hope you and your family have a great weekend together!
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Thanks! Your story is funny, too. But you are better at being Jewish then we are, since you at least didn't eat it! I don't remember, but we probably even licked our fingers!! Another year, my cousin, who was raised Orthodox, must have had a senior moment (just an expression)and put noodles in the matzoh ball soup at Passover!That was a big hit - NOT. Wonder why she had so much leftover!
BTW, thank you for being a "regular" on my site! :)
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