Happy Passover!!

PenguinTrax · #1 03-27-2002, 09:48 AM

Just wanted to wish my fellow tribal members a Happy Passover and all that good stuff.

Let the matza balls roll!

Lisa Fishman · #2 03-27-2002, 11:26 AM

Thank you Barbara! Happy Peseach to you too. Let your matzah balls be nice and fluffy!
A funny story that I have already told my sisters, but want to share here: When I was little (2 or 3 years old) my family had several other families for Passover sedar also with young children. One of the little boys had fed my pet hamster a part of a matzah ball. The next morning my dad found that the poor little hamster had passed away. We say it was because the matzah balls that year were not fluffy enough. To this day, my friend and I tease each other about the matzah ball that killed my hamster. And that was close to 30 years ago!!!!!!!! Lisa Fishman

greeklawgirl · #3 03-27-2002, 11:47 AM

Wishing a Happy Passover to all my GC friends! And let me see if I remember this correctly....next year in Jerusalem!

And Lisa, no more animal fatalities due to matzah, okay? lol

PenguinTrax · #4 03-27-2002, 12:26 PM

Hmm...when rodents and matza meet...sounds like a premise for a really bad horror flick, LOL!

Jon is the Knaidlach King in this house - the soup is his 'thing' and I leave him to it, he does such a good job.

On a related note, when my brother was about 3 he went around the table after Seder and emptied all the wine glasses then passed out. My parents couldn't wake him and they were scared stiff (obviously). He woke up about a day later...hung over. A hungover toddler is not a pretty sight!

B.

aephi alum · #5 03-27-2002, 12:30 PM

Happy Passover!!

I'm hosting the seder tonight. Let's see... if I have the 4 cups of wine *before* the family arrives, I just might be able to put up with my mother-in-law and her endless comments about how nice it would be to be a grandma...

ZTAngel · #6 03-27-2002, 02:00 PM

Happy Passover everyone! I can't go home to my family for Passover this year so the ZTA house is having their own special Seder.

Lisa Fishman · #7 03-27-2002, 04:06 PM

You are right, Maria. "Next Year in Jeruslem" is what they say. It was horrible to hear of the bombing this afternoon in Netanya, Israel.
I need to be careful not to give a matzah ball to a squirrel!!!!! It may kill him too!!!! Lisa

Peaches-n-Cream · #8 03-27-2002, 04:10 PM

Happy Passover!

KappaStargirl · #9 03-27-2002, 06:52 PM

Happy Passover to us! I'm new in the area so I'm not going to a Seder...don't know anyone who's giving one

I really do my best to keep up, and I understand the importance of Passover, but I tell you, by about the 5th day I start thinking: If we are truly God's chosen people, how come we have to celebrate a holiday where we can't eat pizza or pasta or cookies or anything fun for eight days? I never crave so many carbs the rest of the year as I do during Passover.

PenguinTrax · #10 03-28-2002, 09:36 AM

Hey Kappa Star...

My thoughts exactly...as I sat there last night with a box of matza in front of me, you know..the box with all the coupons for things you can't eat this week, LOL.

Is there no Hillel at Lawrence??

KappaStargirl · #11 03-28-2002, 10:15 PM

I'm not at LU anymore, I actually graduated in 1999, I was just so proud that I had figured out how to put links in my signature that I put in the link.

Lawrence is in a semi-small paper mill town in Wisconsin, and I was one of about 10 Jewish students on a campus of 1200. I didn't have a car, and the only synagogue in town was at least five miles away. So I would usually just celebrate with the other Jewish students, and it was all very nice until my senior year when I went into the dining hall to make myself a sandwich. There was no matzoh, even though I was usually able to scrape up a few pieces the years before. I got the attention of a cafeteria worker:

ME: "Hi, would you happen to have any matzoh?"
HER: (makes a quizzical face) "You mean mozzarella cheese?" (remember, this school's in Wisconsin)
ME: "No, it's an unleavened bread...it's Passover...I'm Jewish."
HER: "I have no idea what you're talking about, but let me get my boss, you can talk to her."
ME: "Thank you."

BOSS LADY, a few minutes later: "Hi, can I help you?"
ME: I was wondering if there was any matzoh to be had, since it's Passover and I don't eat regular bread."
BOSS LADY: "What's matzoh?"
ME: It's unleavened bread, made without yeast. Jewish people eat it for a little over a week this time of year to celebrate Passover...you've always had it in past years."
BOSS LADY: "I'm afraid we don't have what you're talking about, but if you tell me where to get some, I'll be happy to purchase it."
ME: "You can get it at Woodman's (the largest grocery store in Appleton). Just go to the Jew aisle and get some of the boxes labeled 'Passover Matzoh.' It's fairly easy to find."
BOSS LADY: (writes down what I say) "Sure, no problem."
ME: "Thank you very much."

And she bought some. Bless her heart.

The next year, when I was student teaching (instrumental music), I learned that there were exactly 3 Jewish students in the junior high of 600 that I was teaching at. I taught all my students the condensed version of the story of Hannukah, and how to play dreidel. They were so awesome, during the holidays a group of students bought me a sequined dreidel full of Hannukah ghelt...probably because they thought it was cool that I played the Adam Sandler Hannukah song on the stereo in the band room between classes.

wrigley · #12 04-11-2006, 09:03 PM

Happy Passover to those who'll celebrate.!!!

Buttonz · #13 04-12-2006, 08:33 PM

honeychile · #14 04-12-2006, 09:40 PM

Happy Passover to all who celebrate!

Sister Havana · #15 04-12-2006, 09:55 PM

Happy Passover, all!