[4764] in Depressing_Thoughts
Passover seders...
amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Apr 4 11:29:23 1995
Heather and I have such different expectations and needs from a
Passover seder than my parents, but we don't want to cause
problems -- either by not going home or by insisting that my
parents change the way they've done things for ever. But that
means that we end up compromising just about everything, and
compromising ourselves. The seders will be early, the Sabbath
will be desecrated, the dishes will be chometzdik, and we
will be unhappy.
But what else can we do? "Mom, Dad, we love you and we'd love
to spend the holiday with you but we believe that participating
in your seders involves too many transgressions and we don't want
to suffer karet, even for the sake of shalom bayit." Yeah, right.
[Karet = "cutting off" of the soul, "Shalom bayit" = "Peace of the
house", or family harmony.]
