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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jewish poster here: I haven't seen the signs the OP is speaking about but it would bother me as well. I do not believe a non-Jew can cook and run a seder as well as a Jewish person can. However, for me, a huge part of Passover is the cultural aspect of it, which probably adds to my first-stated belief. I'm 38. I've been to over 70 seders in my life. It's about family and culture and rituals and religion. To make it about Jesus is preposterous and insulting. Passover is NOT about Jesus. It may have been his last supper, but Passover was not because of or about him. That's why I find it insulting to me, as a Jewish person, for a church to have a seder.

If you are not Jewish and want to learn about Passover, about a seder, then come to my seder. Get yourself invited to a real seder, one run by a Jewish family, in a Jewish home, by someone who's been doing this for decades, who has learned how to run a seder from his and her parents. [/quote]

Well, I have no idea what to make of this.  Other than so much for interfaith understanding.  The purpose of a church holding a Seder as a part of Holy Week is not to "cook and run a Seder as well as a Jewish person can."  You have entirely missed the point.  I'm really sorry you feel this way, but the practice is in no way intended to "insult" you as a Jewish person or any other Jewish person.  I actually find it kind of insulting as a Christian that you have misconstrued the motivation behind this as "making it about Jesus."  No one is trying to make the Jewish celebration of Passover about Jesus. We are trying to experience what Jesus would have experienced in the Last Supper, because he was, in fact, a Jew, whether you believe he is the Messiah or not.  The Christian religion has roots in Judaism through Jesus and the disciples.  So we are not trying to put on some Jewish cloak for a day and pretend we are Jews.  We are, however, honoring the man we believe to be the Messiah by attempting to experience a part of his life through a specific meal (the Last Supper) that holds an extreme amount of significance for Christians.  Plus, it's pretty flip to say that every Christian should just "get themselves invited to a real Seder," especially since your attitude is so welcoming (sarcasm alert).  How exactly would a Christian invite themselves to your family's Seder?  I can just imagine what kind of reception they would receive.[/quote]

We have at least one person or family who's not Jewish at our seders every year. All it takes is saying to DH or me, "What happens at a seder?" or "Sounds like a lot of work but fun," and then DH and will just ask, "Want to come?" Boom, that easy. Last night we had my third cousin and her (non-Jewish) boyfriend at our seder. Jesus may have been Jewish, but YOU are not. So you are NOT going to experience what Jesus experienced at ALL. Also, you're upset that I'm saying I dislike you making it all about Jesus, but then later you say you're trying to experience HIS life through Passover. Thus, your focus on Passover revolves around how JESUS would have experienced it, and I'm saying that Passover is not about Jesus. [/quote]

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