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

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Anonymous wrote:Catholics and Lutherans absolutely do observe Passover.

Catholics observe Easter, not Passover.

You are incorrect. You are being very literal and hung up on the word "observe." The word "observe" in the sense of "aware of/marking/do-stuff-for-and-on/celebrate/acknowledge/take the opportunity to read and reflect" is what I mean.

I’m Jewish. Passover has nothing to do with Jesus. Easter has everything to do with Jesus.

How can you possibly say they’re the same thing?!

I...never said literally anything about Jesus on Passover!!!!

Christians “mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for” Passover. That might be as simple as relevant readings followed by a simple church supper. To say “they don’t observe it” is false,

They also observe and celebrate Easter (of course).

Look, your “seder” with mint jelly is not “observing passover.” It’s an attempt, probably driven by good-hearted intentions, to be ecumenical. probably rooted in the liberation theology more predominant in the 80s Catholic Church. Also part of the growinf awareness of Catholic anti-semitism and movement to deal with that part of Church history.

I don't know how many times I can say this, but I'll try to go slower, one more time, just for you.

*I never said that Christians capital-O OBSERVE Passover the way that Jewish communities do. I further clarified to say "mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Passover.

Just like, you're not Black, right? But maybe you OBSERVE ("mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Martin Luther King Day, with community service or volunteering or using the day off of work to read and reflect about Dr. King's writing and message and calls to action, yeah?

Does that mean you are Black? No. Does that mean you are claiming the Black experience? No. But it does mean that you respect MLK and the history and significance surrounding the day.

Whether you like it or approve of it or not, many Christians do feel a connection to the Hebrew Bible, to the Jewish roots of Jesus Christ, and to what we feel is a shared history pre-Jesus.

And by the way? I'M NOT THE MINT JELLY POSTER.

Observe means to celebrate. In this instance the meaning is perform or take part in (a rite or ceremony)

You do not observe Passover.

You know it exists, you acknowledge that is it something others celebrate, but you don't observe it.

You misunderstood the meaning of observe, that is fine, but stop being so obtuse. (I'm not PP)

NP. I’m Catholic and enjoy celebrating Passover with my parish. You may say that I don’t observe it, but I do, maybe not like you do, but the essential elements are probably similar. Observing it deepens our relationship with God and further adds to the history of salvation that culminates with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Celebrating Passover also deepens my appreciation for our shared religious heritage with the Jewish people and their eternal covenant with God as promulgated in Nostra aetate.

How can you observe being freed from Egyptian slavery if you are not a Jew? Genuinely asking.

NP. Because my Lord and savior, the most important person in my life and in my heart, was a Jew.

Do you get that white people and Asian people and Indian people can celebrate Emancipation Day?

did you miss the entire part where Jesus established a new covenant? Do you also keep kosher and require circumcision? you “celebrate” Passover as a specific ecumenical thing that started when the Catholic Church was grappling with its history of anti-semitism. That’s competely different theologically from “observing” passover at your church. For a member of a faith that places so much emphasis on specific sacraments performed under specific conditions to be valid, it’s pretty d-mn offensive for you to claim you “observe passover” as if it’s some kind of joint Catholic-Jewish rite.

Ppp here (not the Jesus is Lord and Savior post) Rite? No. But as I’ve indicated we do invite a rabbi to our parish and perform the Seder with respect, understanding how important it is to Jewish people. We have much to gain by emphasizing shared heritage and similarity of beliefs than to simply ignore where our Catholic faith originated from. We do not seek to appropriate but rather deepen our relationship with God through celebrating this heritage. Would you rather Catholics remain antisemites and ignorant of God’s history with humanity? I would hope not. Anything that brings us closer together these days should be celebrated not reviled.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Seder dinners in my Catholic Church growing up. Church was huge part of community, and there were always various types of dinners in the church hall, and a passover seder was one of them. It was interesting. I Liked the mint jelly. Maybe it only happened a few times, and maybe it was a learning/cultural exploration thing, but it definitely happened.

I’m sorry, what? — a Jew

lol. Its that not a thing? you eat mint jelly with lamb? I remember my mom telling me you ate mint jelly with lamb, and we never had lamb at home (literally never) so no mint jelly. I remember the matzoh wasn't half bad with some of the mint jelly spread on it.

We must have only done it once or twice whenI was longer as I don't have too many memories, but we did have the books and the prayer, and our priest would explain what each thing meantasa we went along and different people had speaking roles.

I grew up in a small southern town with a small percentage of Catholics. There was one Jewish family in town. I think my church did the best they could with what they had and good for them for trying a little cultural diversity and religious diversity?

Eating lamb at Passover is a no-no at least for Ashkenazi Jews. (I believe it is common among Mizrahi Jews) That’s what the lamb shank bone is for to represent the sacrificial lamb.

Next time try brisket! Mark Bittman has an excellent recipe.

Catholics have lamb and mint jelly on Easter because Jesus is the lamb of God.

Huh? I was responding to the PP saying s/he had lamb for her Christian Passover Seder.

What do I care what Catholics eat at Easter?

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The whole notion of Christians celebrating Passover because “Jesus was a Jew and we feel a kinship with Jewish people” almost makes it feel like you’re trying to erase Judaism as a separate religion.

To answer a PP’s question: Jews don’t celebrate Christmas because we don’t accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

Yes, Jesus was a Jew, but he threw off Judaism to start a new religion.

This whole thing is just so weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholics and Lutherans absolutely do observe Passover.

Catholics observe Easter, not Passover.

You are incorrect. You are being very literal and hung up on the word "observe." The word "observe" in the sense of "aware of/marking/do-stuff-for-and-on/celebrate/acknowledge/take the opportunity to read and reflect" is what I mean.

I’m Jewish. Passover has nothing to do with Jesus. Easter has everything to do with Jesus.

How can you possibly say they’re the same thing?!

I...never said literally anything about Jesus on Passover!!!!

Christians “mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for” Passover. That might be as simple as relevant readings followed by a simple church supper. To say “they don’t observe it” is false,

They also observe and celebrate Easter (of course).

Look, your “seder” with mint jelly is not “observing passover.” It’s an attempt, probably driven by good-hearted intentions, to be ecumenical. probably rooted in the liberation theology more predominant in the 80s Catholic Church. Also part of the growinf awareness of Catholic anti-semitism and movement to deal with that part of Church history.

I don't know how many times I can say this, but I'll try to go slower, one more time, just for you.

*I never said that Christians capital-O OBSERVE Passover the way that Jewish communities do. I further clarified to say "mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Passover.

Just like, you're not Black, right? But maybe you OBSERVE ("mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Martin Luther King Day, with community service or volunteering or using the day off of work to read and reflect about Dr. King's writing and message and calls to action, yeah?

Does that mean you are Black? No. Does that mean you are claiming the Black experience? No. But it does mean that you respect MLK and the history and significance surrounding the day.

Whether you like it or approve of it or not, many Christians do feel a connection to the Hebrew Bible, to the Jewish roots of Jesus Christ, and to what we feel is a shared history pre-Jesus.

And by the way? I'M NOT THE MINT JELLY POSTER.

Observe means to celebrate. In this instance the meaning is perform or take part in (a rite or ceremony)

You do not observe Passover.

You know it exists, you acknowledge that is it something others celebrate, but you don't observe it.

You misunderstood the meaning of observe, that is fine, but stop being so obtuse. (I'm not PP)

NP. I’m Catholic and enjoy celebrating Passover with my parish. You may say that I don’t observe it, but I do, maybe not like you do, but the essential elements are probably similar. Observing it deepens our relationship with God and further adds to the history of salvation that culminates with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Celebrating Passover also deepens my appreciation for our shared religious heritage with the Jewish people and their eternal covenant with God as promulgated in Nostra aetate.

How can you observe being freed from Egyptian slavery if you are not a Jew? Genuinely asking.

NP. Because my Lord and savior, the most important person in my life and in my heart, was a Jew.

Do you get that white people and Asian people and Indian people can celebrate Emancipation Day?

did you miss the entire part where Jesus established a new covenant? Do you also keep kosher and require circumcision? you “celebrate” Passover as a specific ecumenical thing that started when the Catholic Church was grappling with its history of anti-semitism. That’s competely different theologically from “observing” passover at your church. For a member of a faith that places so much emphasis on specific sacraments performed under specific conditions to be valid, it’s pretty d-mn offensive for you to claim you “observe passover” as if it’s some kind of joint Catholic-Jewish rite.

Ppp here (not the Jesus is Lord and Savior post) Rite? No. But as I’ve indicated we do invite a rabbi to our parish and perform the Seder with respect, understanding how important it is to Jewish people. We have much to gain by emphasizing shared heritage and similarity of beliefs than to simply ignore where our Catholic faith originated from. We do not seek to appropriate but rather deepen our relationship with God through celebrating this heritage. Would you rather Catholics remain antisemites and ignorant of God’s history with humanity? I would hope not. Anything that brings us closer together these days should be celebrated not reviled.

If you don’t have a Rabbi come to do Passover with you, then you’ll be anti-Semitic? I’m so confused.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholics and Lutherans absolutely do observe Passover.

Catholics observe Easter, not Passover.

You are incorrect. You are being very literal and hung up on the word "observe." The word "observe" in the sense of "aware of/marking/do-stuff-for-and-on/celebrate/acknowledge/take the opportunity to read and reflect" is what I mean.

I’m Jewish. Passover has nothing to do with Jesus. Easter has everything to do with Jesus.

How can you possibly say they’re the same thing?!

I...never said literally anything about Jesus on Passover!!!!

Christians “mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for” Passover. That might be as simple as relevant readings followed by a simple church supper. To say “they don’t observe it” is false,

They also observe and celebrate Easter (of course).

Look, your “seder” with mint jelly is not “observing passover.” It’s an attempt, probably driven by good-hearted intentions, to be ecumenical. probably rooted in the liberation theology more predominant in the 80s Catholic Church. Also part of the growinf awareness of Catholic anti-semitism and movement to deal with that part of Church history.

I don't know how many times I can say this, but I'll try to go slower, one more time, just for you.

*I never said that Christians capital-O OBSERVE Passover the way that Jewish communities do. I further clarified to say "mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Passover.

Just like, you're not Black, right? But maybe you OBSERVE ("mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Martin Luther King Day, with community service or volunteering or using the day off of work to read and reflect about Dr. King's writing and message and calls to action, yeah?

Does that mean you are Black? No. Does that mean you are claiming the Black experience? No. But it does mean that you respect MLK and the history and significance surrounding the day.

Whether you like it or approve of it or not, many Christians do feel a connection to the Hebrew Bible, to the Jewish roots of Jesus Christ, and to what we feel is a shared history pre-Jesus.

And by the way? I'M NOT THE MINT JELLY POSTER.

Observe means to celebrate. In this instance the meaning is perform or take part in (a rite or ceremony)

You do not observe Passover.

You know it exists, you acknowledge that is it something others celebrate, but you don't observe it.

You misunderstood the meaning of observe, that is fine, but stop being so obtuse. (I'm not PP)

NP. I’m Catholic and enjoy celebrating Passover with my parish. You may say that I don’t observe it, but I do, maybe not like you do, but the essential elements are probably similar. Observing it deepens our relationship with God and further adds to the history of salvation that culminates with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Celebrating Passover also deepens my appreciation for our shared religious heritage with the Jewish people and their eternal covenant with God as promulgated in Nostra aetate.

How can you observe being freed from Egyptian slavery if you are not a Jew? Genuinely asking.

NP. Because my Lord and savior, the most important person in my life and in my heart, was a Jew.

Do you get that white people and Asian people and Indian people can celebrate Emancipation Day?

did you miss the entire part where Jesus established a new covenant? Do you also keep kosher and require circumcision? you “celebrate” Passover as a specific ecumenical thing that started when the Catholic Church was grappling with its history of anti-semitism. That’s competely different theologically from “observing” passover at your church. For a member of a faith that places so much emphasis on specific sacraments performed under specific conditions to be valid, it’s pretty d-mn offensive for you to claim you “observe passover” as if it’s some kind of joint Catholic-Jewish rite.

Ppp here (not the Jesus is Lord and Savior post) Rite? No. But as I’ve indicated we do invite a rabbi to our parish and perform the Seder with respect, understanding how important it is to Jewish people. We have much to gain by emphasizing shared heritage and similarity of beliefs than to simply ignore where our Catholic faith originated from. We do not seek to appropriate but rather deepen our relationship with God through celebrating this heritage. Would you rather Catholics remain antisemites and ignorant of God’s history with humanity? I would hope not. Anything that brings us closer together these days should be celebrated not reviled.

You are a guest at the rabbi's seder is the better way for you to see it. "My church observes Passover" is an offensive way to say it (and not aligned with Jewish or Catholic theology, at all.)

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Colossians 2 explains why, OP:

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. 5 For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

Alive in Christ
6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities[b] and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.[c]

Let No One Disqualify You
16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,[d] puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

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Of course "The Old Testament" is part of Christianity! The Tanakh is the Jewish scripture.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course "The Old Testament" is part of Christianity! The Tanakh is the Jewish scripture.

Yes, but obviously there’s overlap between the two.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course "The Old Testament" is part of Christianity! The Tanakh is the Jewish scripture.

Do you honestly not understand that Jesus established a break with Judaism? yes, the "Old Testament" is part of Christianity, but the specific rites and observations required in the Old Testament (which still are considered the law to Judaism) do not apply to Christians. That was ... kind of the whole point of Christianity?

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Anonymous wrote:The whole notion of Christians celebrating Passover because “Jesus was a Jew and we feel a kinship with Jewish people” almost makes it feel like you’re trying to erase Judaism as a separate religion.

To answer a PP’s question: Jews don’t celebrate Christmas because we don’t accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

Yes, Jesus was a Jew, but he threw off Judaism to start a new religion.

This whole thing is just so weird.

There's plenty about Judaism and literally every religious tradition that others find "so weird," so there's that.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course "The Old Testament" is part of Christianity! The Tanakh is the Jewish scripture.

Do you honestly not understand that Jesus established a break with Judaism? yes, the "Old Testament" is part of Christianity, but the specific rites and observations required in the Old Testament (which still are considered the law to Judaism) do not apply to Christians. That was ... kind of the whole point of Christianity?

Yeah, this thread is so weird. It’s like people don’t realize Judaism is a different religion?

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Anonymous wrote:The whole notion of Christians celebrating Passover because “Jesus was a Jew and we feel a kinship with Jewish people” almost makes it feel like you’re trying to erase Judaism as a separate religion.

To answer a PP’s question: Jews don’t celebrate Christmas because we don’t accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

Yes, Jesus was a Jew, but he threw off Judaism to start a new religion.

This whole thing is just so weird.

There's plenty about Judaism and literally every religious tradition that others find "so weird," so there's that.

That’s really not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about Christians basically engaging in Jewish cosplay.

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Can you all just call it Easter, rather than Passover, so we can end this thread?

You’re not celebrating Passover; you’re celebrating Easter.

Our Passover has nothing to do with Jesus. Not even a tiny bit.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholics and Lutherans absolutely do observe Passover.

Catholics observe Easter, not Passover.

You are incorrect. You are being very literal and hung up on the word "observe." The word "observe" in the sense of "aware of/marking/do-stuff-for-and-on/celebrate/acknowledge/take the opportunity to read and reflect" is what I mean.

I’m Jewish. Passover has nothing to do with Jesus. Easter has everything to do with Jesus.

How can you possibly say they’re the same thing?!

I...never said literally anything about Jesus on Passover!!!!

Christians “mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for” Passover. That might be as simple as relevant readings followed by a simple church supper. To say “they don’t observe it” is false,

They also observe and celebrate Easter (of course).

Look, your “seder” with mint jelly is not “observing passover.” It’s an attempt, probably driven by good-hearted intentions, to be ecumenical. probably rooted in the liberation theology more predominant in the 80s Catholic Church. Also part of the growinf awareness of Catholic anti-semitism and movement to deal with that part of Church history.

I don't know how many times I can say this, but I'll try to go slower, one more time, just for you.

*I never said that Christians capital-O OBSERVE Passover the way that Jewish communities do. I further clarified to say "mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Passover.

Just like, you're not Black, right? But maybe you OBSERVE ("mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Martin Luther King Day, with community service or volunteering or using the day off of work to read and reflect about Dr. King's writing and message and calls to action, yeah?

Does that mean you are Black? No. Does that mean you are claiming the Black experience? No. But it does mean that you respect MLK and the history and significance surrounding the day.

Whether you like it or approve of it or not, many Christians do feel a connection to the Hebrew Bible, to the Jewish roots of Jesus Christ, and to what we feel is a shared history pre-Jesus.

And by the way? I'M NOT THE MINT JELLY POSTER.

Observe means to celebrate. In this instance the meaning is perform or take part in (a rite or ceremony)

You do not observe Passover.

You know it exists, you acknowledge that is it something others celebrate, but you don't observe it.

You misunderstood the meaning of observe, that is fine, but stop being so obtuse. (I'm not PP)

NP. I’m Catholic and enjoy celebrating Passover with my parish. You may say that I don’t observe it, but I do, maybe not like you do, but the essential elements are probably similar. Observing it deepens our relationship with God and further adds to the history of salvation that culminates with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Celebrating Passover also deepens my appreciation for our shared religious heritage with the Jewish people and their eternal covenant with God as promulgated in Nostra aetate.

How can you observe being freed from Egyptian slavery if you are not a Jew? Genuinely asking.

NP. Because my Lord and savior, the most important person in my life and in my heart, was a Jew.

Do you get that white people and Asian people and Indian people can celebrate Emancipation Day?

Yes. I am white and I celebrate Juneteenth, but I don’t take part In a celebration where I act like I was an enslaved person in the US. I’m not cosplaying being black for the day.

Annnnnndddddd no one is doing that at the SIMPLE Bible reading followed by a soup-kitchen supper at my church, which is how we gather on Passover.

Keep trying to make it something that it's not. Keep lying. But that's not what it is at ny church. No one is doing anything other than reading relevant readings from the Bible, offering a simple prayer before a meal, and sharing a simple meal of soup and bread with the community, including those in need of a hot meal.

If you think that's "coaplaying," then that's what toy want to see. So I can't help you. Peace be with you. If you need to tell lies, know that I won't be hearing you.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholics and Lutherans absolutely do observe Passover.

Catholics observe Easter, not Passover.

You are incorrect. You are being very literal and hung up on the word "observe." The word "observe" in the sense of "aware of/marking/do-stuff-for-and-on/celebrate/acknowledge/take the opportunity to read and reflect" is what I mean.

I’m Jewish. Passover has nothing to do with Jesus. Easter has everything to do with Jesus.

How can you possibly say they’re the same thing?!

I...never said literally anything about Jesus on Passover!!!!

Christians “mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for” Passover. That might be as simple as relevant readings followed by a simple church supper. To say “they don’t observe it” is false,

They also observe and celebrate Easter (of course).

Look, your “seder” with mint jelly is not “observing passover.” It’s an attempt, probably driven by good-hearted intentions, to be ecumenical. probably rooted in the liberation theology more predominant in the 80s Catholic Church. Also part of the growinf awareness of Catholic anti-semitism and movement to deal with that part of Church history.

I don't know how many times I can say this, but I'll try to go slower, one more time, just for you.

*I never said that Christians capital-O OBSERVE Passover the way that Jewish communities do. I further clarified to say "mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Passover.

Just like, you're not Black, right? But maybe you OBSERVE ("mark/acknowledge/talk about/learn about/do-stuff-on-and-for" Martin Luther King Day, with community service or volunteering or using the day off of work to read and reflect about Dr. King's writing and message and calls to action, yeah?

Does that mean you are Black? No. Does that mean you are claiming the Black experience? No. But it does mean that you respect MLK and the history and significance surrounding the day.

Whether you like it or approve of it or not, many Christians do feel a connection to the Hebrew Bible, to the Jewish roots of Jesus Christ, and to what we feel is a shared history pre-Jesus.

And by the way? I'M NOT THE MINT JELLY POSTER.

Observe means to celebrate. In this instance the meaning is perform or take part in (a rite or ceremony)

You do not observe Passover.

You know it exists, you acknowledge that is it something others celebrate, but you don't observe it.

You misunderstood the meaning of observe, that is fine, but stop being so obtuse. (I'm not PP)

NP. I’m Catholic and enjoy celebrating Passover with my parish. You may say that I don’t observe it, but I do, maybe not like you do, but the essential elements are probably similar. Observing it deepens our relationship with God and further adds to the history of salvation that culminates with the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. Celebrating Passover also deepens my appreciation for our shared religious heritage with the Jewish people and their eternal covenant with God as promulgated in Nostra aetate.

How can you observe being freed from Egyptian slavery if you are not a Jew? Genuinely asking.

NP. Because my Lord and savior, the most important person in my life and in my heart, was a Jew.

Do you get that white people and Asian people and Indian people can celebrate Emancipation Day?

Yes. I am white and I celebrate Juneteenth, but I don’t take part In a celebration where I act like I was an enslaved person in the US. I’m not cosplaying being black for the day.

Annnnnndddddd no one is doing that at the SIMPLE Bible reading followed by a soup-kitchen supper at my church, which is how we gather on Passover.

Keep trying to make it something that it's not. Keep lying. But that's not what it is at ny church. No one is doing anything other than reading relevant readings from the Bible, offering a simple prayer before a meal, and sharing a simple meal of soup and bread with the community, including those in need of a hot meal.

If you think that's "coaplaying," then that's what toy want to see. So I can't help you. Peace be with you. If you need to tell lies, know that I won't be hearing you.

Why does Passover matter to you though? Jesus has nothing to do with our celebration of Passover. What bible reading are you even doing?

A lot of Jews don’t even read from the Torah on Passover. Some do, but many just celebrate at home with a Haggadah.