Obama's Seder includes 10 drops of sympathy
11:23 PM
By Pete Souza, AP
President Obama moved swiftly from his visit to Afghanistan Sunday to a festive Passover Seder table with Jewish friends and White House workers Monday night.
Wonder what they're doing in this photo? A little background first:
On Passover, the story of the Exodus is retold in the present tense, as if each participant was himself or herself freed from slavery at God's hand.
You remember, of course, that Pharaoh was driven by the 10 plagues to free the Israelites but once they were on the road toward Canaan, changed his mind. Cue the parting of the Red Sea here, with the Israelites escaping and the sea rolling back in to drown Pharaoh and his forces.
During the Passover Seder, the ceremonial meal full of symbolic foods, stories and prayers, when the 10 plagues are recited, people want to honor God but not to be too gleeful over the death of their enemies.
So they lessen their joy as they recite each plague, they dip a finger in their wine and tap a drop of wine on their plate.
To all who celebrate the eight days of Passover, which began Monday evening, a joyful holiday. This is Obama's third Seder:First on the campaign trail and last year in the White House. The Oval has the more on this new presidential tradition.
Did you attend a Seder Monday night? How does it feel to speak of bondage and freedom as if it were happening in your own life now?
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