Passover Meal Analysis

“A Family Supper” by Kazuo Ishiguro has an interesting twist on love and family, albeit grotesque to some, the literature is meaningful. The characters played a major role in how the family dynamics played against one another. The family home sets the reader up to understand the isolation the father felt. The conflicts the characters experience have shaped them into the people they are presently. The lack of an ending also plays a major role in the way love and family is portrayed by the author and will conclude how love and family relate to this piece of literature.

     According to the Bible, the story of Passover runs as follows. A group of Hebrews known as the sons of Jacob came down from Canaan towards Egypt. They settled under a benevolent regime, where they were made slaves and set to work, building the cities of Pithum and Raamses. The pharaoh ordered all the

Do you believe restaurants should be required to label the calories ,fat content, and sodium on their menus? I agree to this controversial argument! If a law was created that required restaurants and diners around the nation to display calories and other health concerns many people would be healthier.

In Another Thanksgiving Dinner the author conveys how Hannah’s relationship changes with her father throughout the story by using the character’s feelings and actions.

Remembering how to pronounce Seder ("SAY-dur") correctly made me nervous at first, but there wasn't really any cause for me to say it. There was such a whirlwind of activity that I spent most of my time simply trying to keep up as new foods were brought to the table or unveiled, the many steps of a long dinner ceremony were described and engaged in, and certain religious songs or hymns were sung. A book was provided to everyone at the table, with English on one side of the page and Hebrew on the other, that was used to go through the ceremony one step at a time. All of the foods were unusual in sight, smell, and taste, but most were quite delicious (with some exceptions), and everyone had pillows to lean against at the dinner table which was akward at first but quickly became enjoyable. Everything, from each individual food item to the pillows to the drinking of wine (or grape juice) and the order of the entire meal carried some sort of significance, and was described during the meal according to the small books that had been handed out.

As the company of the LORD as shepherd is presented, it is then obvious that the followers of the LORD are His sheep. An exclusive attribute of sheep is that because of their structure it is almost impossible for them to be made to lie down unless the following necessities are satisfied: to be free of all types of fear, to be free of hostility with others, to be free from all nuisances, and to be free from hunger. As the end of verse one affirmed “I shall not want,” verse two shows that every obligation needed to be taken care of is met by the shepherd.

Did you know that 36 different dishes could be served at a Medieval feast? The Medieval period was one to under take in some very extraordinary things like, what they ate and how they went about their day. During the Medieval period there was certain orders of doing things, including: what you must do before a meal; the order of which the hall was set up for eating; what time/ what the lords or peasants ate for breakfast, dinner, and supper; and what they would eat for Easter, Christmas, and weddings/ big events happening in the family or the community.

In my experiences with food, most of them have been positive. Being from a Jewish family really shaped the way that I look at food. For example, at a Passover Seder, we discuss each dish and its significance in depth. One of the main foods served on this occasion is matzah which is defined as unleavened bread and which represents the Jews having to escape for their lives before their bread could rise. Another food that I encounter at a Seder is charoset, which represents the mortar in the bricks that the Jews used when they were slaves in Egypt. This early introduction to food beings used as symbols has led me to a deeper overall connection with what I eat on a daily basis. I have come to realize that most foods I eat represent at least something whether it's significant or insignificant. Something as simple as an apple represents a forbidden fruit or a pear can represent

but if the household is too small for a whole lamb then the head of the household and next neighbor should share one, dividing lamb into half to the numbers of the people eating it (Exodus 12 CJB). The God of Abraham wanted to save the Israelite from the plague that will happen soon. God wanted the Israelite to know he hears their prayer. For that, night was so important, God will pass through the Egypt and kill the firstborn in land of Egypt, both men and animals, and God will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt (Exodus 12 CJB). The Passover means God bring justice to the human evil also show mercy. That why god sent the message the blood would serve you as assign marking the houses where you are and when I see the blood, God will pass over and when God strike the land of Egypt, the

refuse to take responsibility for your own behaviors and you will stay grounded until you learn!” These are the words that echo through my head as I pray to God for my Passover. “Whew” I thought, I was spared the verbal slaughter of my self esteem and continued war waged on my character.

Through his birth, life, and death depicted within the New Testament, Jesus Christ serves as the symbolic sacrificial Lamb of God in which he not only fulfilled the Old Testament sacrificial system through his demise, but also reversed its precedence as Jesus became “before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Col. 1:17). A “sacrifice” is defined as the offering up of something precious for a cause or a reason. God performed the very first animal sacrifice to cover, temporarily, the sin of Adam and Eve. After God cursed the first couple, He slayed an animal, shedding its blood, and made from it a covering for Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:21), which solely instituted the practice of animal sacrifice for sin. Within the Old Testament stated through chapters one (1) through ten (10) of Leviticus, God ordered the population of Israel to make several sacrifices according to clear and evident procedures advised by God.

In the book of Leviticus the sacrificial framework is broken down in a series of speeches from God to Moses. In these speeches, God gave laws for the people of Israel directing them to glorify him through the sacrifice. In glorifying him, the Israelites were acknowledging that all their worldly possessions were gifts from God, and in sacrificing them, they were forfeiting themselves as sinners before him. These offerings were expressions

The first Passover has given us much insight to the death of Jesus Christ. The Angel of the Lord came over all of the land of Egypt to kill every first born male offspring of human and animal alike unless they were obedient to the Lord’s instructions. This act was to take place so that the Israelites might have salvation from the Egyptians and then enter into the promise land. God allowed this type of event again through the punishment and death on a cross of Jesus Christ, His firstborn, taking on the sin of all mankind so that all who choose to obey Him will have eternal salvation.

At first, Clara was a very timid person. She is scared of anything that comes her way. On page 44, in the poem Pesach she shows how she is fearful. She says “Where my own destiny is gripped in the fists of others.” This piece of the poem states how her life was controlled by others and how she wouldn’t speak up for herself. Instead other people spoke for her. On page 45, in monsters she also shows her timidity. “...my jaw set. I flinch in spite of myself, cry out when his open hand crashes into my cheek.” When Clara cries out and is scared when her father snatches the paper away from her and doesn’t know what do, except take the hit. Right now this young girl is ambivalent, but her mood develops as the book continues.

Leviticus 16 presents an elaborate series of commands for the head priest on the Day of Atonement; in which all the sins of the people of Israel will be forgiven. It must have been an exciting day to know that their sins would be forgiven and a renewed relationship with God could begin. As the chapter unfolds there are many cleansing rituals that the priest must perform and a series of sacrifices to be conducted, included the sacrifice of a goat. In addition, a second goat is selected and as the instructions go, the priest “will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel” (Leviticus 16:21). The rest of the verse gives explanation that the sins of the people are