Happy Passover!
For those of you celebrating liberation by gorging yourselves in matzah balls and manischewitz I wish you a Happy Pesach! I would’ve shouted “DAYENU” (it would be sufficient) if the game tomorrow didn’t conflict with the 2nd Seder but a win will suffice. Enjoy the holiday, take a laxative and Go Blue!
Liberty is in short supply these days. Happy Passover. If you paint your door red, and leave some rum, I will not axe through it and shout.
Happy Passover!
As an aside, doesn't it seem like the covid virus is a passover illness? Some folks it hardly touches, others it kills...
Another COVID Passover
I do not want you in my house
I do not want you or your spouse
I do not wish to eat with you
At Seder one or Seder two!
Don't get me wrong, I think you're nice
But the CDC gave out advice,
"Ten Plagues are enough, don't need one more
Turn Elijah away, if he is at your door"
This year only father, mother, sister, brother.
NEXT YEAR in Jerusalem! we say to each other.
From now on at each Seder we will tell,
How God saved his people with a squirt of PURELL!!
Didn’t Dr Seuss get canceled?
Chag Sameach!
March 27th, 2021 at 10:13 AM ^
I’m not Jewish so I plead ignorance about Passover, but is taking a laxative part of the tradition?
March 27th, 2021 at 10:36 AM ^
I’ll put it to you this way: go eat 1 or 2 sheets of matzah or 2 matzah balls with soup. Let me know how you’re doing 3 days later...
March 27th, 2021 at 10:51 AM ^
I’ve never been constipated & have no concept of not being able to take care of business. I should give the matzoh and soup a try...
March 27th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
Just imagine if the military made matzah MREs. Oy vey!
March 27th, 2021 at 10:17 AM ^
I will be working on my space laser in honor of the holiday.
March 27th, 2021 at 11:18 AM ^
I'm waiting for the t-shirt.
March 27th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
FFS, it's not a secret if you put it on a pin or a shirt! Shhhhhhhhh!!!
Secret Jewish Space Laser Corps t-shirt $24.99 but for you $22.99
https://merchanshirt.com/tee/secret-jewish-space-laser-corps-tee-shirt/
Thanks!
March 27th, 2021 at 10:22 AM ^
If Beilein had just gotten us to 2 Final Fours: DIYANU
If we had just hired Juwan Howard after Beilein left unexpectedly: DIYANU
If Juwan Howard just led us to a regular season championship and sweet 16: DIYANU
If Juwan Howard had the #1 recruiting class in the country: DIYANU!!
March 27th, 2021 at 10:37 AM ^
Our quaran-team friends are Jewish and we're going over for Passover Seder tonight. We go to church, but I wasn't sure if my kids knew the passover story well. To my surprise my 10 year old knew most of it. The only problem was that he knew it from an episode of the Simpsons. "Is that where Homer sets the bush on fire?"
We watched the Prince of Egypt last night to fill in some gaps. It was sort of meh. I think we should have gone with Chuck Heston's version. I loved that one as a kid.
March 27th, 2021 at 11:19 AM ^
Prince of Egypt is incredible! The most accurate portrayal of the biblical Exodus IMHO.
As long as you stay away from the Bale version you're good though.
March 27th, 2021 at 12:29 PM ^
It was good, but the plagues sort of got short shrift montage treatment. It’s been decades but Heston’s Moses was the boss with each plague. Don’t mess with Moses or his God will ef you up.
March 27th, 2021 at 11:22 AM ^
I recommend the Rugrats Passover special!
March 27th, 2021 at 11:28 AM ^
The only problem was that he knew it from an episode of the Simpsons. "Is that where Homer sets the bush on fire?"
I suppose that's a start. LOL.
I'm Jewish and I got my basic knowledge about Passover from Cecil B. DeMille. My guess is he made it seem way cooler than it really was.
My guess is he made it seem way cooler than it really was.
That's pretty disrespectful to people who believe/celebrate a group of people being liberated from the group who enslaved them.
The Charlton Heston one airs on Saturday, April 3 this year.
March 27th, 2021 at 10:41 AM ^
Much love to all my Hebrew and Shebrew friends!❤️
March 27th, 2021 at 10:45 AM ^
A good portion of my knowledge about Passover stems from Seth’s lovely post “Dayenu” during the Final Four run a couple years ago, one of my favorites articles on this site
March 27th, 2021 at 10:55 AM ^
It’s honestly not that different than most other Jewish holidays: They attacked us. We won. We ate.
March 27th, 2021 at 10:55 AM ^
Happy Passover!
March 27th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
The brisket is deployed for phase two of the cooking process. (Phase one was last night.)
The chicken that I use for my broth is roasting in the oven for an hour. The roasting gives the broth a richer taste and color.
Making the matzo balls from scratch; nutmeg and ginger are my (not so) secret ingredients to give them a little more flavor.
Making my mom's (of blessed memory) famous orange jello with apple sauce and mandarin oranges. These additions elevate the plain old jello to something more interesting.
Cheating a bit this year with the plush/stuffed seder plate we got for our kids when they were little.
Having my dad and sister-in-law over...along with my wife (1991 UM Grad), my son (2023 UM Grad - just found out he was admitted in to the School of Information!), and daughter, (hopeful 2026 UM Grad).
Hoping next year will look a little more "normal"...with our larger groups with whom we usually celebrate.
Chag sameach and Zissen Pesach to all who are celebrating and marking this meaningful holiday.
March 27th, 2021 at 12:24 PM ^
We're having our second consecutive (and, we hope, last) Zoom Seder tonight. In normal years, we host about 30 family and friends in our (extended) dining room. Last year, because we weren't knowledgeable about such things, my daughter -- who had just been accepted to a digital studies post-doc in Ann Arbor, so she WAS knowledgeable -- had to send out instructions on how to use Zoom. This year, we are Zoom veterans (I'd add, unfortunately), so no instructions are necessary.
Usually, many out-of-town relatives fly in for our Seder, and it's great to see them. It's just not the same on Zoom. It's traditional to end the Seder with the leader saying, "Next year in Jerusalem!" Tonight, I'll say, "Next year at our house!"
To those celebrating tonight, Chag Sameyach! And if you've never been to a Seder, I hope that one day you are able to. In person!
Zoom Seder was my porno name.
My email's autocorrect tries to turn "Pesach" into "peach."
Have a peachy Pesachian time.
Shalom
Happy Passover to all.
Next year in Jerusalem! Or wherever the Final Four is being played!