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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd love to observe Passover. It's one of my favorites. I haven't ever celebrated Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah, but I always felt those were more observed in Temple? Most years, Jewish friends invite me to a Seder, so I feel like I've been celebrating it all along. As a kid I liked the story of Passover a lot too.

My church has always had a Seder and I know my inlaws evangelical church (in an area with zero Jews) has Seders too. I prefer attending one at a Jewish friend's home though. I think the ritual and story is really interesting, I like how everyone participates in reading and love all the wine! Not Manischewitz, they can give that to the kids. There really isn't another holiday that's similar. [/quote]

Yom Kippur is observed (not celebrated) in Temple. Then some people do break fast at home; others do it at temple.

Rosh Hashanah is celebrated in Temple and at home.

Passover is mostly at home, at least when I was growing up.

Can you tell me more about what happens at a Church Seder? Do they tell the story of the liberation of Jews from slavery in Egypt, or is it a Seder centered around Jesus’s Last Supper? [/quote]

PP here. Jesus didn't show up in a Church Seder. Maybe it was briefly mentioned that The Last Supper was a Seder, but that's it.

It was very similar to the Jewish Seders I've been to. We read passages from little books and tried bits of food to relate to the story. There was a lot less wine and the food wasn't as good though! I don't believe anyone wore yarmulkes either, like they would at a Jewish Seder. The church Seders aren't as fancy either. [/quote]

Ah yeah — to make it legit, you have to have 4 glasses of wine each, and you have to hide the Afikoman. You also have to have the youngest person there who knows Hebrew sing the 4 questions. I have great memories of being a kid and practicing those before my relatives came over. [/quote]

PP here. Most churches can't have any alcohol on premise other than communion wine. And there wasn't any Hebrew in the church Seders.[/quote]

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