Comments | notasleep87: On the Eve of Passover

notasleep87

On the Eve of Passover

Apr 12, 2006 19:57

Tonight is passover, and we had a seder. It was nice; mom made matza ball soup (which is amazing, and I maintain to this day, is proof that Jews are God's chosen people). The seder was nice, there was lots of incredibly yummy food, and the ceremony is nice, especially when streamlined by my brother and I so that all the boring parts are gone ( Read more... )

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monsoon_nights April 13 2006, 04:05:51 UTC

Only you would find and rant about genocide in the Old Testament... Happy Passover (is that how you wish it? Excuse my ignorance. I have had no sleep in the past few days and probably cannot even say hello in Spanish now)

Genocide moonshadow21 April 16 2006, 15:45:06 UTC

When saying that G-d killed the Egyptians as an act of Genocide, it is important to remember that the Egyptians also committed an act of Genocide towards the Israelites. This includes declaring that all children must be killed. You must also keep in mind that the killing of the first born son was the last plague. Which means it was used as a last resort. Moses went to Pharoh before the tenth plague was initiated and told him that all first born sons would be killed if he didn't free the Israelites. Since Pharoh refused to do this then it could also be said that he initiated the genocide. At the same time as pesach is "celebrating genocide" we are also recognizing past genocides such as the Holocaust and the present one; Darfur. Chag Sameah.

Leah

Re: Genocide notasleep87 April 16 2006, 16:11:38 UTC

I agree that remembering the holocaust during Passover makes it better.

I also agree that the actions of the Egyptian government, when killing the Israelite sons was genocide as well (because there was a conscious effort to destroy in part the Israelites in order to reduce their numbers). Still, does that make the tit for tat thing right? I mean, a genocide does not merit another genocide...

Furthermore, the assertion that the Pharaoh deserved it seems beyond my acceptance for two reasons: holding the entire country responsible for one persons' actions is insane, and secondly, God "hardened his heart." Of *course* he wasn't going to say yes; that's like cheating in soccer and then punishing the other team for losing. It just isn't fair.

I realize this argument is rather ridiculous, but it still bothers me.

facioergosum April 25 2006, 02:07:25 UTC

Just wanted to say, Happy Armenian Genocide Remebrance Day.

Knew you'd enjoy those well-wishes.

notasleep87 April 25 2006, 02:53:37 UTC

heh, I commemorated it appropriately at school today. You beat me to posting about it :)

feartheducks May 4 2006, 03:54:08 UTC

Well, Passover is celebrating the escape from slavery, not necessarily what we did to the Egyptians. That's why we do the whole thing with the wine. Even though losing a few drops of wine certainly doesn't compensate for the genocide, it shows that that's not the reason we're celebrating. I guess it would be kind of like (to a very different degree) a German person celebrating the end of the depression. Yes, there was a massive genocide in the process but that's not what he or she would be celebrating--s/he'd be celebrating the economic revival. Okay, so maybe that wasn't a very good example...but you get my point?

And I had no idea about the Exodus versus. That kind of disgusts me....>_>