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Passover

April 3rd, 2010

Remember how we celebrated Purim not long ago? Well, it’s the time of year for another Jewish celebration- Passover! It was at Passover that Jesus was crucified and put in the tomb, and rose again three days later.

We’ve gone to two ‘teaching’ passover meals, and learnt SO MUCH about the symbolism involved in Passover. It’s just amazing how much Jesus’ death and resurection is paralled in the Passover traditions. We really love celebrating these Feasts of God that the Jews celebrate- we love jewish people, and Jesus was a jew! The bible and the things Jesus said and do make so much more sense now that we are putting them into context.

Four glasses of wine at Passover, each with their own meaning. Salt water and parsley, Charoset (sweet apple mix), bitter herbs (endive and horseradish), roasted egg. Lamb shank not seen on this plate...

It’s been a big eye opener this last few days about how much I don’t know about my own religion. Being the learning geek that I am, makes me terribly excited- So much more to LEARN!!

Anyway, I took some photos of the first passover meal we went to, for the Seder, but didn’t take any photos of the second one, or the meal I made for my family last night. This is a major bummer, because I was quite proud of what I made!!! Anyway, here are some photos…

I am hankering for a hot cross bun SO BAD, but part of passover is removing all the yeast/leaven from your house, so yep, no bread of any kind for us! Yeast represents sin. God commanded the Isralites to remove it from their houses in Exodus 13:3-7. For Jewish people it’s a reminder of the haste in which they left Egypt, after the plagues, and the very first Passover. For us, removing it is a reminder of what Jesus did for us- removing our sin.

It’s been a constant reminder, and I think I have grown more spiritually, from this passover, and this constant reminder, then I have at any other time of year in my life. I guess because I’m a ‘practical’ and ‘visual’ sort of girl, it makes it easier when there is physical reminder, then just trying to remember…

Passover doesn’t end till Tuesday night. You can be sure that I’ll be making some sort of baked bready delight on Wednesday.

(Dates of Passover, and what to do each day/night here)

The woman of the house lights the candles.

Reading from the Haggadah…

Our Haggadah.

Friends. xo
Aaron & Rachel.

Mmmm… Matzah! *jokes*- this unleavened bread that this crispy like a craker. Tastes quite bland and boring…

Luke- sick of photos probably!

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Sad Little Heart

April 2nd, 2010

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My heart is a little bit sad right now. My FAVOURITE subject at Uni is the one I’m struggling most with… I don’t know why it is. I’ve had to re-do every task I’ve been given so far, because it hasn’t been up to scratch.

Take a deep breath, and breath…

In one of my other subjects, my core subject, I’ve been writing my assignment. Today I re-read it and it doesn’t even make proper scense. It’s due midnight Thursday. So I’m feeling a bit stressed.

***** UPDATE******

I stared writing this on Wednesday, but it’s Friday now! Gah- time has gotten away with me! I handed in that core assignment… I posted a ‘help me!’ message on twitter, and Carly replied! So I got it all checked over by her and Luke before I handed it in. So it does actually make sense. And it turns out I had just read it a few too many times, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought…

I am SO glad that we have 4 days off. I am planning on re-doing the drawings I’ve been struggling with, and also get some extra work done for eLA. My parents are coming over tonight (and possibly Hayden) for a (nother) Passover meal. It should be nice. We don’t have them over very often. We should probably do that more…

Quick question, how often do you have your parents over for dinner? My parents live seriously close- like on the same property, and Luke’s live about 15 minutes away, but we never seem to have any of them over. We definitely see them a fair bit- my dad at work, mum at weight watchers, and everyone briefly every afternoon when we pick up Pepper. Luke’s mum we see at church, and we go over there sometimes for dinner, and we see Luke’s dad every couple of weeks, either for dinner or just in the afternoon after work…

SO it’s not like we don’t ever see them… but I still feel like we should invite them round more?