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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just from a basic learning standpoint, how/why was the rabbinical Seder created?  I’ve gathered there was a prior form of Passover celebration (which Jesus celebrated) and some years later the Seder was established. Can someone let us know the background?  Thanks [/quote]

During Jesus’s time, the Jews had a large temple where we did animal sacrifices, had priests, etc. In 70 CE, the Romans destroyed it (and may have used some of it to build the Colosseum). The remaining wall of the Second Temple is the Western wall, the holiest site for Jews. The Dome of the Rock is currently on the site of the Second Temple.

Anyway, after the Second Temple was destroyed, Jews went into exile, and we’ve been in exile ever since (except for Jews who live in Israel). We started to write our prayers down, since we couldn’t as easily rely on oral traditions, like we did when we had the temple and could all gather there. That’s how we started writing the Torah as an intact document. That’s when we switched from having high priests to having rabbis — hence the term “rabbinical Judaism” for that time period, which extends to this day. The Seder was created as a largely home-based ritual during that time period.

So as you can see, the rabbinical Seder came out of adjustments we had to make because of persecution we faced. It has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus.[/quote]

Thank you. Another key element is that the seder is intended to teach children (the four questions.) the seder itself is a home-based religious rite. that’s what I think a lot of Christians are not understanding because typically Christian rites happen in Church, not at home. [/quote]

Very good point. You’re right, of course. Much of Judaism ended up being practiced at home after the destruction of the Temple and particularly as we continued to face discrimination and genocide because we needed to hide our religious practices and ensure we could continue them, despite our places of worship being destroyed.

A huge part of our Seder is teaching our story to our children. [/quote]

Okay, I understand the Seder is a very Jewish tradition.

Would it be better if Christians just called it a Passover?(no mention of Seder?) I think the biggest piece of contention is the idea that Passover as described in exodus isn’t part of the Christian tradition. (Or more offensively—that Passover is Easter.)

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