Easter and Passover

I spent this past Easter with Dan's family.

Dan is 1/8th Jewish I think... Nevertheless, his family history and a strong Jewish influence.

I believe it was his grandfather who converted to the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Even though he switched relgions, he still practiced the traditions of Judaism, because, as you know, it is not only a religion but also a culture.

We started our Easter festivities with searching for our "Easter buckets." Dan's mother filled buckets with candy and toys and then hid them in the house. We were only allowed to move our own bucket when we found it. If we found someone else's bucket, then we had keep our mouth shut regarding its whereabouts.

My bucket was hiding in the bathroom under a bunch of towels and sheets.

I thouroughly enjoyed the contents :)

Dan's was taped under a desk in the den.

Everyone was happy to find their buckets.

Following the Easter festivities we moved forward with the Passover festivities.

We had a lot of family attend, and it was a ton of fun to help setup.

All the men had an opportunity to wear their yamakas.

 After we finished reading through our Passover script, we all enjoyed the traditional food.

Especially Dan... he ate a lot of it :)

This was my first passover and I really enjoyed it.

What was an LDS Passover like? Well, I think pretty much the same as a Jewish passover. The main difference in our tradition of passover was when we talked about Elijah. We still had a place for Elijah at the table, but members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Elijah already fulfilled his prophecy of coming again, during the passover week of 1836, by appearing in the Kirtland Temple. You can read the account in D&C 110: 13-16.

What a wonderful day! I loved it! :)