BYU Passover Seder
This semester, I am taking a religion class titled Judaism and Islam. These two religions are significant because they are the longest surviving monotheistic belief systems. They also know their heritage as descendants of Abraham: Judaism through Jacob and Islam through Ishmael. I took the class because I wanted to understand these groups better and my connection with them as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Every year, my professor hosts BYU's Passover Seder service. I attended yesterday and was inspired and uplifted by the experience. His goal is to make the seder as authentic Jewish as possible. I'm inspired by Jews who live their religion and traditions with sincerity. They play a big role in preserving the Passover.
The seder service consists of a variety of ritualistic eatings, drinkings, and prayers and a retelling of the Exodus story. It focuses on praising God for his creations, specifically the harvest and the vine, and celebrates God's hand in delivering and establishing the House of Israel as a nation.
After the second temple fell in Jerusalem, Jews stopped sacrificing the pascal lamb as part of Passover. Instead, they included an additional ritual to eat the Afikomen. The Afikomen is a piece of the Matza or unleavened bread that you saved from earlier. They eat the Afikomen to remember the sacrificed lamb of Passover.
My teacher connected Afikomen practice to Jesus's last supper and the different sacrament services of today. During the last supper, Jesus taught them to eat the bread in remembrance of him. For Christian's Christ is the lamb who sacraficed himself for us. Today, in a sense, we still keep this part of the passover. We eat the bread in remembrance of the Savior or the lamb of God.
Every year, my professor hosts BYU's Passover Seder service. I attended yesterday and was inspired and uplifted by the experience. His goal is to make the seder as authentic Jewish as possible. I'm inspired by Jews who live their religion and traditions with sincerity. They play a big role in preserving the Passover.
The seder service consists of a variety of ritualistic eatings, drinkings, and prayers and a retelling of the Exodus story. It focuses on praising God for his creations, specifically the harvest and the vine, and celebrates God's hand in delivering and establishing the House of Israel as a nation.
After the second temple fell in Jerusalem, Jews stopped sacrificing the pascal lamb as part of Passover. Instead, they included an additional ritual to eat the Afikomen. The Afikomen is a piece of the Matza or unleavened bread that you saved from earlier. They eat the Afikomen to remember the sacrificed lamb of Passover.
My teacher connected Afikomen practice to Jesus's last supper and the different sacrament services of today. During the last supper, Jesus taught them to eat the bread in remembrance of him. For Christian's Christ is the lamb who sacraficed himself for us. Today, in a sense, we still keep this part of the passover. We eat the bread in remembrance of the Savior or the lamb of God.
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