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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For Jews who are fine with Christians holding a Seder, is it still fine if they don't use the Haggadah, but rather a Christian version that tells the story of Jesus?[/quote]

Just don’t say you’re having a Passover Seder. Call it something different.

It’s offensive to me—not saying all Jews, but me—to subvert a sacred ritual where we tell the story of our escape from slavery and impose Jesus on it.

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this. I can respect the “who cares” position, but what people may not realize is that a “Christian seder” basically imposes Jesus into the ritual as the paschal sacrifice. This is basically Easter, but for some unknown reason, some Christians feel like there’s some reason to have a “Christian seder” in commemoration of the last supper instead of just calling it Easter.

Christians, if you are so curious about passover, there is likely an *interfaith* group in your town where you can attend a seder led by the Jewish community. or just make some Jewish friends and ask to be invited. [/quote]

Except people who believe that Jesus is God's son, also believe that the entire history of the covenant and God's people were pointing to arrival of God's son, and that Passover was part of that.  Just going to a Jewish Passover, without interpreting the exodus and Passover as symbolic of the work of Christ is meaningless.[/quote]

Ok ... so don't go to a Jewish seder then?  you ALREADY HAVE liturgies and holy days that incorporate the last supper and exodus - Easter and the Eucharist.  So that is where you can "interpret exodus and passover as symbolic of the work of Christ." To claim you need to take over a JEWISH ceremony to do that is just very wrong.  [/quote]

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