This year Don and I fulfilled a long-time goal of celebrating the Passover in our home. We loved the idea of having a religious ceremony to add more meaning to Easter than the Easter Bunny. Where it was our first attempt and the girls are still young we focused less on being "kosher" and more on understanding the ceremony. It was a lot of work (simply because it was new and I wasn't confident in what I was doing) but it was so fun!
A month before, I read Celebrating Passover: A Guide to Understanding the Jewish Feast for Latter-day Saints this had everything an LDS family needs to have their own Seder (the main meal during the week long Passover) dinner. My quick book review on this book is 10 out of 10 stars (especially if you know nothing about Seder like I did) it laid out the meanings to the 5 symbols on the passover plate, recipes for the meal, references to LDS prophet and apostles, and a complete Haggadah (or script) for the meal. The girls favorite part was dipping their fingers in the grape juice 10 times as they recited the plagues of the Exodus (what kid will balk at the opportunity to be told to play with their food?!) and washing their hands at the table in a bowl. My favorite part was watching the patriarch of my home read the Haggadah with feeling, watching the girls enjoy being asked questions and finally, watching Don lead the girls holding a candle (for us, representing the light of Christ) through our dark home in search of the previously hidden matzah. Highly recommend the experience to anyone. It is meant for young children all the way up to elderly scholars (Don has a friend who is a devout Jew who celebrates the Seder several times during the Passover - one for his children using puppets & games and one for the adults in a more serious discussion format - it fits all family types). Anyway it was both touching and great fun! The dishes were horrific though...
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