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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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? [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.[/quote]

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”? [/quote]

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.)[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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

It's fine for you to have a different view of Passover than Jews do, but it'd be nice to keep in mind that you're saying you have a different view of an important Jewish holiday -- surely you can see how that might bother some Jews, no? [/quote]

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