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Limit 1 Rug At 50% Off. Present Coupon With Incoming Rugs. JN Expires 5/1/99 111111111111111N11111111111111111111•11. 3/26 1999 124 Detroit Jewish News is added in our dining room so that everyone can sit together and see one another. Our seder changes each year to fit our celebration. by is this night differ- When we were small children, ent from all other much of the service read during the nights?" This is the seder was far beyond our familiar understanding; therefore, question asked by the my parents made it a pri- youngest at the Pesach ority to "adjust" the seder. seder. We incorporated activities Unfortunately, today in which the children we can not completely could participate. Songs understand how different were always sung, and our life is from that of English readings added in our ancestors and how order to enhance the lucky we are to be cele- meaning of the seder for brating this miracle. the children. Today, not Pesach remembers a time only the youngest child, that was truly different Katie Feldman but all of the children, sing from all other times in the four questions togeth- our people's history; er, representing unity. When the when the Jewish slaves set out on or "hidden matzah,".is put afikomen, foot from Egypt and miraculously aside, each child present participates crossed the Red Sea to a land of free- in the matzah search. Then my dom. Over 3,000 years later, Jews all grandfathers reward the search efforts over the world still honor the heroic of all the children at the seder. escape of our people. One of my favorite parts of the My first memories of Pesach date seder concerns the stories my grand- back to my early childhood. With the father has to tell. This is a tradition end of winter and spring around the in our family. My grandfather and corner, I knew Pesach was near. My the other mentors at our table have mom began by buying food kosher many years of Pesach seders behind for Pesach and inviting guests to our them and have accumulated many seder. My dad sat down with the tra- stories and tales incorpOrating our ditional Passover Haggadah and grad- people and their triumphs. One ually reworked it to fit our needs and example is a very close family friend, include each member of our family Henry, a Jewish scholar. Although he in the seder. is not still with us today, his stories I first learned the meaning of are kept alive in our hearts and told Passover in the Temple Israel Nursery at our Pesach table. One day, I hope School. At the age of 3, I was able to to pass these stories on to my grand- add to our family's Pesach seder with children. a matzah cover I made and a kiddush Although our seder may not fol- cup I painted and decorated. For the low every traditional guideline, the last 13 years, my mother has taken participants are left with a knowledge pride in displaying these treasures and an understanding of the holiday that my brother and I made in reli- and, most of all, important memories gious school. of sacred times shared with family The first Passover seder is always and friends. celebrated at my house. Family and Through my special family cele- close friends come from throughout bration, I have learned how lucky I metro Detroit to rejoice in the special am to be a free Jew living in the ritual. A second and even third table United States and able to practice my Judaism openly. I truly recognize the 16, is an 11th grader Katie Feldman, meaning of luck when I can look at North Farmington High School. She down the seder table and not only see is a member of Temple Israel. KATIE FELDMAN Special to The Jewish News JN Expires 5/1/99 Pride, Joy And Judaism my immediate family but my parents' and grandparents' friends. I see peo- ple who are celebrating the holiday because we invited them to be a part of our family. I realized last year how special it was to have all four of my grandparents sitting around the table together for the first time and not just talking over the phone from New Jersey. For all this, I feel truly lucky. Passover symbolizes a time in our history when Jews needed to join together and fight not only for a com- mon goal, but for their life and future. Today, we can join with family and friends and share in the feelings of pride, joy and Judaism — and celebrate our good fortune and freedom. II The Luncheon On The Grass DANIEL FREEMAN Special to The Jewish News M y family is somewhat religious. Although we are nowhere near Orthodox, our home has always been kosher and, despite my protests at a young age, we have always kept Passover for all eight days. For most of my years, I have nei- ther understood nor respected this custom. I repeatedly thought to myself, "Since Moses and the Jews had been forced to eat such gross matzah, wouldn't they want me to be able to eat bread? They would under- stand." . My pestered parents would simply reply, "That is just how we do things. Here, have a macaroon." I would go on my merry way, munching a macaroon and forget the torment of matzah. The prob- lem would return the next day at school when my friends, many of whom were Jewish, would be eating bread and I would be breaking and ingesting bits of matzah. I would come home and again pester my mother, who would in turn say to me, "That is just how we do things. Here, have a macaroon." The cycle would continue year after year until seventh grade. That Dan Freeman, 17, is an 11th grader at North. Farmington High School. He is a member of Congregation Shaarey Zedek.