03 Apr '09 18:00>
Originally posted by robbie carrobiestanding up? no, that's just what we tell the Jehovah's Witnesses that keep coming to the door ...
Lol, very funny, its good to see the patriarchal system has not undergone much change even in modern times! although i did hear that the passover was meant to be eaten standing up, to emphasize the readiness for the exodus. perhaps its an inaccuracy, but its interesting never the less. is it not also true that you are meant to eat unleavened bread ...[text shortened]... e readiness for flight and also 'bitter greens', 'because life had been bitter under slavery!
as for patriarchy, well I can wave my hand all I like, but the most that gets me from my wife and daughter is a nice wave back ...
the unleavened bread and bitter herb thing is true -- but only my sister-in-law takes any of this the least bit seriously. She was born and raised in Iran in a family that has a Spanish surname and who lived in Iran because her father was a French diplomat. She speaks Farsi, Greek, French, Spanish, Hebrew and maybe one or two other languages. But she conducts a wonderful holiday gathering no matter what the occasion.