Lenten Seder

It started out wishing that there was a time like advent leading up to Easter, where people gather to reflect and anticipate. Then I remembered Lent. I remembered how we gathered for Lenten soup and bread suppers at my church growing up. I thought, "We could to that here in our house."

My lovely housemate, Ronit, agreed and added on something from her background: the messianic Seder... where you go through the Jewish retelling of God redeeming Isreal from Egypt, and look at how that story foreshadowed the redemption Christ brought at Easter.

So we began. Night number one Ronit braided up a slew of Challah (pictured above) and I concocted a couple pots of soup. We took out the couch and threw down the cushions, transforming our living room into a middle eastern haven. Friends came. We reflected on the Cup of Redemption (kadesh=קדש), part one of the Seder. Then we shared soup and bread and good company.

And so we continue, each Friday reflecting on a portion of the Seder and sharing soup, bread, and good company, until the celebration of His resurrection on Easter Sunday.