Read last year’s Passover story here.
Did you grow up in a religious household?
Are you more or less religious now?
What do the holidays mean to you?
Do you celebrate differently now than you did as a child?
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My parents are Unitarian, but I also went to Episcopal school until high school…so I kind of got two very different views of religion, which was cool! I definitely lean towards the Unitarian mindset now, although I rarely go to church.
Thank you for sharing your lovely pictures!
We went to church most of my childhood until my mom and I moved away from family and we had a hard time finding a church where we felt comfortable. I went a few times in college. After college I immediately found a church because I had moved and didn’t know anyone. Now we’re members and were married in that church. I teach Sunday School and am organizing Vacation Bible School.
I grew up in a Christan family and still hold to those values. I am involved in a local church that I love and have a great support community within it.
We don’t use religious holidays for ‘special worship’ since we believe that every day should be dedicated to God. I love holidays though and Christmas and Easter are two of may favorites.
I grew up in a very Catholic household and made a very conscious decision to not continue practicing it now that I’m on my own. I am really interested in learning about other religious traditions, especially the food!
I grew up in a Christian home and am still very involved with my church now.
Going from attending a church of Christ for the majority of my life to being a member of the AMiA now is vastly different, but it’s been amazing learning more about the traditions in this church.
i love passover, and it’s my favorite jewish holiday. i am not religious but am culturally involved, and have always loved spending time with my (huge) family to celebrate and share in tradition.
yours looks yummy! mine was so untraditional this year, but happy nonetheless.
ah! Love holidays & family time. My family isn’t really religious- but we still make a big deal out of holidays. I love matzo
oooo that food looks awesome!!! we always do something big for easter-like a nice lunch after church. its a big deal to my fam too!
Growing up I went to an Episcopalian school, but a Methodist church. I’m no longer religious, but my family still is.
But my boyfriend grew up Jewish and Catholic. Weird right? His dad is Jewish, his mom Catholic, and they celebrated both.
Since moving in together I’ve learned a lot about Jewish holidays, and it really does fascinate me.
Sadly, I go to church a lot less now than I did when I was younger, but I feel like I am stronger in my faith NOW. If that makes sense? I pray more, thank God more for my blessings, I just feel like I have some sort of relationship with him. When I was younger, my prayers sounded more like a Christmas present wish-list! ha
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I agree with Ellen – I am less religious in the traditional sense of the word, but more spiritual now that I’m older. Love the photos of all the yummy passover seder food!
Happy Passover to you love : ) I hope you have a great rest of the week too!!! xoxo
hope you had a happy pesach, my fellow levy
i forgot to take pics at last night’s seder because we drink wine between every paragraph of the haggadah in mi familia… and all those sips add up haha
I love this
Looks like a great night. I grew up with a Jewish mom and Atheist dad- we did a miniature sedar, hannukkah, etc, but also did things at Christmas and Easter. When I was 15, my mom remarried an Orthodox Jew and things changed pretty drastically- kosher house, shomer shabbat, etc. It felt forced on me and I started to really resent any religious festivities… They have since gotten divorced but my mom still keeps her house kosher, goes to shul every week, etc. I don’t observe any Jewish holidays. Like my everythingtarian food philosophy, the same applies to religion.
Scott’s jewish and Skylar is well, nothing formal. I was raised catholic but neither of us are praciticing organized religion, rather we are more spiritual and yogi like and zen buddhist and I take elements of it all
Insoles. Baked them up and bout to go out for a power walk/run!!!!
xoxo
Our family went to a very plain, unexciting church every Sunday. I do occasionally miss going, but what I really miss is my family. Every holiday was special, usually a big dinner at my grandmother’s farm. Pretty much the same food every time, with always a home-made cherry pie for me. No church or temple or religion of any kind now. Just Mother Nature.
Very cool post!
I grew up in a religious household, and I would say I am more religious than I was as a child.
i love love love love that you can look back at your passover from last year too! how fun
haha i’m not jewish but i love me some matza (i’m horrid at spelling).
happy passover girl!
I’ve never seen matzoh ball soup with a creamy broth. Looks delicious; hope you’re enjoying time with your family.
Holidays have died down now that I’m older which kindof makes me sad. I’m not even sure we’ll do much celebrating this weekend.
Katherine
That looks like a great holiday celebration! I’m glad you got to enjoy it with your family.
I personally do not believe in religion, though I am technically Jewish. I like to say I believe in the religion of love;)
I grew up going to a pentecostal and non-denominational churches. I no longer attend church on Sunday but still celebrate Christian holidays. Isaac is Jewish so we also celebrate Jewish holidays. I think it’s fun to be part of both!
Really great pictures! I was raised in the Roman Catholic faith and yes, our household was quite religious. I am not at all religious now, but that’s not in retaliation to a strict Catholic upbringing. Actually, my parents, though both devout Catholics, are very private and introspective about their faith. I just have my own personal reasons for not really buying into Catholicism. I guess it’s wildly hypocritical that I still celebrate some of the major holidays (Easter, Christmas), since I don’t partake in any of the religious ceremonies during the holidays. I do the traditional cooking, the decorating, and I occasionally take my daughter to church so she can see what it’s all about, but I ultimately am leaving the choice of faith up to her. Thanks for a great post!
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