[HANASHIR:8812] new ritutals

[ItaSara <ItaSara...>]

The story about the orange was interesting. Some new rituals that have 
meaning to a group are great, but one thing about Mrs. Herschel's story 
bothered me..."One ritual
 they devised was placing a crust of bread on the Seder plate, as a sign ...."
During Passover, the ritual to get rid of all leavened bread and crumbs is a 
very significant part of the Passover story.   Adding rituals that are in 
opposition to the ones that all ready exist is like saying that the "new 
covenant" replaces the old. I'm sure that was not the intention, but it still 
bothered me anyway. Adding an orange does not change  the existing tradition 
that has specific meaning to the Passover Holiday. Ln Rochester, Ny

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