Saturday, March 22, 2008

Passover Seder

We arrived on time... ...so the church was empty when we got there. {g}


There's parsley, horseradish, matzo, roasted eggs, salt water and a candle on each table. Wine and grape juice to come.

Also a bucket and a jug of water for the Leader of each table to wash the feet of anyone who wanted it. A little boy wanted it! A suprising number of people around the church got their feet washed.


The drops of wine, one for each plague sent to the Egyptions.


Grace and Jack weren't impressed with the roasted eggs.

Dinner was nicer! It was lamb Shepherd's Pie or a vegetarian version. Good Shepherd's Pie as we call it. {g} And apple cakes or honey cakes. People brought a lot of Baklava. I think there must be a big Greek population in Oxford. It was a lovely occasion.

5 comments:

Jodi said...

Very nice dinner!

Emily said...

We attended a Passover Seder a few years ago and really enjoyed it.

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

I'm so glad to see step by step instructions/photos. I'm hoping several will blog them in the next week as we prepare for our first Seder next month. LOL

Thanks for the photos.

Kristine said...

::snicker:: You arrived on time and so the church was empty...

We got to church on time today (10 mins. before the service began). Seriously, one of the greeters exclaimed, "Kristine!" and LOOKED AT HER WATCH because we have never made it that early. Just a little embarrassing...

Alexandra said...

What a lovely church! We do the foot washing every year at Holy Thursday mass. My ten year old son still thinks it's weird. He hasn't yet grasped the signifigance.