Comments on: The eleventh plague http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329 All the pig that's fit to saw Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:17:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Talking of which « Glad all over http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-217773 Talking of which « Glad all over Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:57:44 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-217773 [...] Talking of which …well, broadly.  It’s Passover, and therefore time to link to my favourite ever Passover story, from Nik. [...] [...] Talking of which …well, broadly.  It’s Passover, and therefore time to link to my favourite ever Passover story, from Nik. [...]

]]> By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1866 Nik Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:35:35 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1866 !!! And what a fantastic metaphor for modern Jewish history, too. !!!

And what a fantastic metaphor for modern Jewish history, too.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1865 Paul Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:07:03 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1865 More passover irony for you: I spent 2nd night seder at the home of a very wealthy guy - the brother of a friend of mine. While we guests remembered our terrible oppression in Egypt and celebrated our freedom from slavery, a team of asian women served us our food, made sure our glasses were topped up with wine and washed up all the plates! Somehow, it didn't feel right... More passover irony for you: I spent 2nd night seder at the home of a very wealthy guy - the brother of a friend of mine. While we guests remembered our terrible oppression in Egypt and celebrated our freedom from slavery, a team of asian women served us our food, made sure our glasses were topped up with wine and washed up all the plates! Somehow, it didn’t feel right…

]]> By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1864 Nik Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:35:46 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1864 Ah, the seder plate is another rich seam of variation. I did wonder what vegetarians use instead of a shankbone, or what vegans use instead of an egg. According to <a href="http://chefmom.com/articles/veggieseder.htm" rel="nofollow">one website</a> "My mother-in-law says that we replace the Pascal Lamb with the Pascal Yam." Ah, the seder plate is another rich seam of variation. I did wonder what vegetarians use instead of a shankbone, or what vegans use instead of an egg. According to one website “My mother-in-law says that we replace the Pascal Lamb with the Pascal Yam.”

]]> By: Pashminaah http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1862 Pashminaah Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:01:34 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1862 We discussed the viability of "the feminist orange", which some people choose to add to their seder plates in recognition of some unidentified quotation that runs along the lines of "a woman on the bimah is like an orange on the seder plate". Much as I like the sentiment of that, some things should just be left well alone... We discussed the viability of “the feminist orange”, which some people choose to add to their seder plates in recognition of some unidentified quotation that runs along the lines of “a woman on the bimah is like an orange on the seder plate”.

Much as I like the sentiment of that, some things should just be left well alone…

]]> By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1840 Nik Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:12:14 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1840 Sheesh. That's just designed to offend. Anything that calls itself <em>cultural</em> Judaism sets off the warning lights. Then saying "the defining legend of our people" when they could have said "story" is asking for trouble. And I wonder how long terrorism has been in the list. Good find, though. Sheesh. That’s just designed to offend. Anything that calls itself cultural Judaism sets off the warning lights. Then saying “the defining legend of our people” when they could have said “story” is asking for trouble. And I wonder how long terrorism has been in the list.

Good find, though.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1839 Paul Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:30:38 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/13/329#comment-1839 Check here for an extract from something called The Liberated Haggadah - A Passover Celebration for Cultural, Secular and Humanistic Jews, including a full list of 'Contemporary Afflictions' http://www.culturaljudaism.org/ccj/jlc/C17/57 It still tells the Exodus story but acknowledges that the story is a 'legend' and not based on fact. I like that, but some of the other members of our family seem to take the bible a lot more literally! Check here for an extract from something called The Liberated Haggadah - A Passover Celebration for Cultural, Secular and Humanistic Jews, including a full list of ‘Contemporary Afflictions’

http://www.culturaljudaism.org/ccj/jlc/C17/57

It still tells the Exodus story but acknowledges that the story is a ‘legend’ and not based on fact. I like that, but some of the other members of our family seem to take the bible a lot more literally!

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