In my house we have always had our Passover meal on Thursday night because this is the night Jesus had his Passover meal. My sister has Passover meal the First night of Passover as dictated by Scripture. And honestly the more I study about Passover, the more I find that even devote Jews will have a Passover meal any time, sometimes multiple times, during the week of Passover.
In the past My Passover meal has consisted of the breaking of the Afikenomen and hiding it and finding it, and breaking it and sharing it. Then eating Gyros. The Afikenomen to me has always been the most important part of the meal, because it is what became the sacrament. If you were to do just one aspect of the Passover meal, This would be a good choice, but I am a bit biased. The Afikenomen is a piece of unleavened bread. Specifically it is the middle piece of a stack of 3 pieces. You have a stack of three Pieces of Unleavened bread, you pull out the middle piece, you break it in half, then wrap one of the broken halves in a white cloth, and hide it some place. After the meal is over the kids go find it. Traditionally this is one of the favorite parts for most kids during the Passover meal. When it is found, the leader of the meal then breaks it in pieces and shares it with everyone in the room. This is the point when Christ told his disciples "this you do in remembrance of me."
My sister for years has been telling me I need to do the whole Seder, and I decided this was the year. The whole purpose of the Seder meal is to teach the kids. This whole concept is fascinating to me. . My sister worked hard on preparing the Haggadah, and I helped edit it and add to it. There are many things you can do for the Passover meal and we have big plans for next year too. As soon as I figure out how to upload a copy of the PDF of the Haggadah I will.
There are so many fascinating connections and HOLY COW moments during this particular meal, but they are all explained in the Haggadah, so I need to get it uploaded.
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