More Than Matzo!

Each year in the springtime nearly every Jewish family in the world gathers in their homes to celebrate Passover which begins with the traditional evening meal called the Seder.  Though there is great diversity within the Jewish community regarding their level of religious practice, Passover is one time when they are unified, moving together through the various components of the traditional Seder, as has generation after generation of their ancestors, with virtually no variation.

 

Using a guidebook, a haggadah, Hebrew for “the telling,” written in whatever language they are most comfortable with, they move through “the telling” of the story of the first passover in Egypt 3500 years ago when their forefathers were released from centuries of slavery in Egypt through a series of plagues.

 

But the Seder has an even deeper meaning and an even more important message for the Jewish people.  It’s not just about family, friends, and remembering Egypt.

 

In this episode of” Ancient Words, Modern Message,” in his fifth “Bagel-side Chat,” the Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship, Roger Wambold, shares some thoughts about the amazing symbolism of the broken matzo at the Seder table.

 

So let’s settle in with a cup of coffee, and maybe a bagel, for this episode called, “It’s More Than Matzo.”