Passover Customs and Memories

This post is reprinted, slightly edited, from one of my old blogs.

Passover began last night. I remember Passover Seders in Baba's apartment. (She and Grandpa lived right in our building, so I saw them every day) As the only child, I was the one who had to ask the Four Questions every year. But I was also the one who was SURE to get the afikoman present every year. The afikoman is the piece of matzoh eaten at the end of the Seder. In larger families, one of the children "steals" the afikoman, but where there is only one child, the adults hide the afikoman, and the child hunts for it at the appropriate time. In my family, it was hidden. Oh, the fun I had hunting for it! I recently read that some families have yet another tradition: The afikoman is hidden early in the day, or perhaps the evening before, by the father. The kid who finds it first hides it somewhere else, and so on. No matter what the family's afikoman tradition may be, the father (or whoever is leading the Seder) has to promise the child who has the afikoman a present (child's choice, and oh did I love that!) in order to get it back. And I remember the songs, Dayenu and Adir Hu. I found several versions of Adir Hu online awhile ago, different melodies, but none of them the one I grew up with.

Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival

Join me and other Catholic bloggers at Sunday Snippets.
Thanks once again to RAnn for hosting!

Semper Gaudete!: Lovely Meditations on the Stations of The Cross

Semper Gaudete!: An Obscene Word (Post is safe to read)

Semper Gaudete!: I Loved Going to the Dentist

Semper Gaudete!: Beautiful Video From Chile

Semper Gaudete!: Books Read in the Past Week

Books Read in the Past Week

"The Trouble With Toby"
by Molly Cone
(children's fiction)

"Ramona the Pest"
"Ramona the Brave"
"Ramona And Her Father"
by Beverly Cleary
(children's fiction)

"Girl In The Mirror"
by Cousin Carrie
(teen fiction, Amish)

"grace notes"
"love, annie"
"just jazz"
"storm rising"
by Dandi Daley Mackall
{Faithgirlz! Blog On series}
(children's fiction, Christian [Protestant])

Special sneak peek: Next week's list will be shorter. I will be
reading one of my favorite novels, one I like to linger over.
Hint: It's by Rumer Godden.

Beautiful Video From Chile

In Chile, abortion is ILLEGAL. Let's pray that someday this will be true of ALL nations.

I Loved Going to the Dentist

Yep! When I was a kid, my friends and I loved going to the dentist. His office was right on my block, so I went at least once a week, sometimes by myself, sometimes with one or more of my friends. Either way, I always had a great time there.
You see, Dr. Kopel (that was his name, but after all these years I'm not sure I'm spelling it right) had a storeroom full, and I mean FULL, of comic books, including many that the corner candy store didn't carry, and he didn't care how much
time his young friends spent reading them.
So I really enjoyed going to the dentist... except when I had to go to the dentist!

An Obscene Word (Post is safe to read)

On Friday, April 10th, 1970, I was at home, listening
to the radio, as usual.
And then, I heard these words:
"It's official. The Beatles have disbanded."
At that moment, I decided that disbanded was the most
obscene word in the English language!

Lovely Meditations on the Stations of The Cross

I found an absolutely lovely, thought-provoking set of meditations on the
Stations of The Cross
written by Mother Angelica
I should have checked out EWTN's website to begin with.