Why don't Christians observe Passover and other biblical holidays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

That’s a very Christian thing to do. Most Jews do not eat lamb for Passover.

This is too funny! I grew up in NY eating Chinese Food on Christmas, so take that!

Yeah of course. Not really the same thing — Chinese food on Christmas is a treasured NY Jewish tradition.

- 3rd generation Jewish New Yorker who has never, ever eaten lamb on Passover

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Passover isn’t connected to the Old Testament as much as it’s connected to Jewish history.

It’s the story of the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Why would Christians care about it?

Christians don't read The Book of Exodus?

Sure they do. But Christ late proclaimed that the following two laws superceded the old laws:
1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.
2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

That's it. That's the law that He came to preach. If you focus on those two you will not have broken any of the old laws.

I personally love this one b/c it shows just how much God intimately knows his creations. Doesn't say "love those who treat you well" or "love those who love YOU" but "love your neighbor as you love YOURSELF"
We're a pretty narcissistic bunch. So treating others the way we, ourselves want to be treated rather than how others treat us is a pretty tall order.

Or let’s take it further. Not just how we want to be treated - but how we actually treat people. What we are capable of doing. Can you love someone the way you want to be loved? Can you loce someone the way you love yourself? Do you love yourself the way god loves you? Can you know how god loves you if you don’t love him?

🤯

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

That’s a very Christian thing to do. Most Jews do not eat lamb for Passover.

This is too funny! I grew up in NY eating Chinese Food on Christmas, so take that!

Yeah of course. Not really the same thing — Chinese food on Christmas is a treasured NY Jewish tradition.

- 3rd generation Jewish New Yorker who has never, ever eaten lamb on Passover

I think your dense.

I am a Jewish New Yorker (Fourth generation!!) and my point was that just because someone eats a food on someone else’s holiday, that doesn’t mean a damn thing. I’m the PP who pointed out that Ashkenazi Jews don’t eat lamb at Passover,.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

That’s a very Christian thing to do. Most Jews do not eat lamb for Passover.

This is too funny! I grew up in NY eating Chinese Food on Christmas, so take that!

Yeah of course. Not really the same thing — Chinese food on Christmas is a treasured NY Jewish tradition.

- 3rd generation Jewish New Yorker who has never, ever eaten lamb on Passover

I think your dense.

I am a Jewish New Yorker (Fourth generation!!) and my point was that just because someone eats a food on someone else’s holiday, that doesn’t mean a damn thing. I’m the PP who pointed out that Ashkenazi Jews don’t eat lamb at Passover,.

Your comment doesn’t make a ton of sense. I was responding to the poster who said “I was raised Christian, but my mom made lamb at Passover.” That comment made it sound like the poster thought their mom making lamb at Passover was a Jewish thing or something (due to the “but” clause).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Well, here’s your first problem: Easter doesn’t always follow Passover. For example, this year Passover ends *on* Easter.

So can you explain to me what you’re actually referring to when you say “Passover”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

That’s a very Christian thing to do. Most Jews do not eat lamb for Passover.

This is too funny! I grew up in NY eating Chinese Food on Christmas, so take that!

Yeah of course. Not really the same thing — Chinese food on Christmas is a treasured NY Jewish tradition.

- 3rd generation Jewish New Yorker who has never, ever eaten lamb on Passover

I think your dense.

I am a Jewish New Yorker (Fourth generation!!) and my point was that just because someone eats a food on someone else’s holiday, that doesn’t mean a damn thing. I’m the PP who pointed out that Ashkenazi Jews don’t eat lamb at Passover,.

Oh dear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Oh brother. PP said "unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ." THAT IS EASTER. Do you honestly not know anything about Catholic/Christian theology and holy days? PP is describing maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

But yes, PASSOVER (as in the Jewish holiday) precedes Easter. Because according to the Gospel, Good Friday happened on Passover. To the extent Passover is incorporated into Catholic rites, it is part of Easter week.

Entirely separately, starting in the 70s and 80s, the Catholic Church started to try to make amends for the history of anti-semitism by creating various Jewish-Catholic interfaith groups and other steps. One trend as part of this was for rabbis to host interfaith seders. Interfaith seders are still a thing, but generally they are understood as a Jewish seder with interfaith guests. I can believe that this tradition morphed into some congregations having their own "seders" on their own.

Finally, as a matter of Christian theology and the OP's actual question: Christians are not bound to observe Old Testament rites and holidays expressly because they are part of the Old Covenant, and Jesus created a New Covenant where the old laws were not required by god anymore. That is a pretty fundamental part of Christianity, and if you can't wrap your head around it, I don't know what to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Oh brother. PP said "unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ." THAT IS EASTER. Do you honestly not know anything about Catholic/Christian theology and holy days? PP is describing maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

But yes, PASSOVER (as in the Jewish holiday) precedes Easter. Because according to the Gospel, Good Friday happened on Passover. To the extent Passover is incorporated into Catholic rites, it is part of Easter week.

Entirely separately, starting in the 70s and 80s, the Catholic Church started to try to make amends for the history of anti-semitism by creating various Jewish-Catholic interfaith groups and other steps. One trend as part of this was for rabbis to host interfaith seders. Interfaith seders are still a thing, but generally they are understood as a Jewish seder with interfaith guests. I can believe that this tradition morphed into some congregations having their own "seders" on their own.

Finally, as a matter of Christian theology and the OP's actual question: Christians are not bound to observe Old Testament rites and holidays expressly because they are part of the Old Covenant, and Jesus created a New Covenant where the old laws were not required by god anymore. That is a pretty fundamental part of Christianity, and if you can't wrap your head around it, I don't know what to say.

Sure, but for Jews, Passover has literally NOTHING to do with Easter or anything remotely related to Easter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Well, here’s your first problem: Easter doesn’t always follow Passover. For example, this year Passover ends *on* Easter.

So can you explain to me what you’re actually referring to when you say “Passover”?

Ha ha, good catch. To the extent the Catholic ritual "observes" Passover, it's that the Good Friday gospel passages describe Jesus's death as taking place on Passover. So in that sense, in the timelessness of the Catholic Church, Passover is always "before" easter (the day Jesus rose from the dead.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Oh brother. PP said "unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ." THAT IS EASTER. Do you honestly not know anything about Catholic/Christian theology and holy days? PP is describing maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

But yes, PASSOVER (as in the Jewish holiday) precedes Easter. Because according to the Gospel, Good Friday happened on Passover. To the extent Passover is incorporated into Catholic rites, it is part of Easter week.

Entirely separately, starting in the 70s and 80s, the Catholic Church started to try to make amends for the history of anti-semitism by creating various Jewish-Catholic interfaith groups and other steps. One trend as part of this was for rabbis to host interfaith seders. Interfaith seders are still a thing, but generally they are understood as a Jewish seder with interfaith guests. I can believe that this tradition morphed into some congregations having their own "seders" on their own.

Finally, as a matter of Christian theology and the OP's actual question: Christians are not bound to observe Old Testament rites and holidays expressly because they are part of the Old Covenant, and Jesus created a New Covenant where the old laws were not required by god anymore. That is a pretty fundamental part of Christianity, and if you can't wrap your head around it, I don't know what to say.

Sure, but for Jews, Passover has literally NOTHING to do with Easter or anything remotely related to Easter.

Yes, to clarify - I am an ex-Catholic and current Jewish fellow traveler (raising my child Jewish.) So I believe I am particularly well equipped to explain why the idea of "Christian Passover" is a contradiction in terms on many many levels!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Well, here’s your first problem: Easter doesn’t always follow Passover. For example, this year Passover ends *on* Easter.

So can you explain to me what you’re actually referring to when you say “Passover”?

Ha ha, good catch. To the extent the Catholic ritual "observes" Passover, it's that the Good Friday gospel passages describe Jesus's death as taking place on Passover. So in that sense, in the timelessness of the Catholic Church, Passover is always "before" easter (the day Jesus rose from the dead.)

Which has literally NOTHING to do with Passover as Jews celebrate it. That’s why we’re so damn confused when you all keep saying you’re celebrating Passover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Well, here’s your first problem: Easter doesn’t always follow Passover. For example, this year Passover ends *on* Easter.

So can you explain to me what you’re actually referring to when you say “Passover”?

Ha ha, good catch. To the extent the Catholic ritual "observes" Passover, it's that the Good Friday gospel passages describe Jesus's death as taking place on Passover. So in that sense, in the timelessness of the Catholic Church, Passover is always "before" easter (the day Jesus rose from the dead.)

Which has literally NOTHING to do with Passover as Jews celebrate it. That’s why we’re so damn confused when you all keep saying you’re celebrating Passover.

See above - I completely agree with you. Sorry for the confusion!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Oh brother. PP said "unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ." THAT IS EASTER. Do you honestly not know anything about Catholic/Christian theology and holy days? PP is describing maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

But yes, PASSOVER (as in the Jewish holiday) precedes Easter. Because according to the Gospel, Good Friday happened on Passover. To the extent Passover is incorporated into Catholic rites, it is part of Easter week.

Entirely separately, starting in the 70s and 80s, the Catholic Church started to try to make amends for the history of anti-semitism by creating various Jewish-Catholic interfaith groups and other steps. One trend as part of this was for rabbis to host interfaith seders. Interfaith seders are still a thing, but generally they are understood as a Jewish seder with interfaith guests. I can believe that this tradition morphed into some congregations having their own "seders" on their own.

Finally, as a matter of Christian theology and the OP's actual question: Christians are not bound to observe Old Testament rites and holidays expressly because they are part of the Old Covenant, and Jesus created a New Covenant where the old laws were not required by god anymore. That is a pretty fundamental part of Christianity, and if you can't wrap your head around it, I don't know what to say.

Sure, but for Jews, Passover has literally NOTHING to do with Easter or anything remotely related to Easter.

Yes, to clarify - I am an ex-Catholic and current Jewish fellow traveler (raising my child Jewish.) So I believe I am particularly well equipped to explain why the idea of "Christian Passover" is a contradiction in terms on many many levels!

I minored in Catholic theology and you actually seem a bit confused, but carry on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.

Well, here’s your first problem: Easter doesn’t always follow Passover. For example, this year Passover ends *on* Easter.

So can you explain to me what you’re actually referring to when you say “Passover”?

Ha ha, good catch. To the extent the Catholic ritual "observes" Passover, it's that the Good Friday gospel passages describe Jesus's death as taking place on Passover. So in that sense, in the timelessness of the Catholic Church, Passover is always "before" easter (the day Jesus rose from the dead.)

Which has literally NOTHING to do with Passover as Jews celebrate it. That’s why we’re so damn confused when you all keep saying you’re celebrating Passover.

How about we all just acknowledge that we’re operating with two different views of Passover and call it a day?