Passover Meal, Easter 2006

About 25 members of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in St.Raphael celebrated Maundy Thursday evening at Ben and Anne's with a "Passover Meal", to commemorate the Last Supper of our Lord. After the breaking and sharing of bread and wine, this meal, based on the Jewish "Passover" traditions, was served and shared by the participants. The meal included

• Lamb representing the Lamb of sacrifice (three volunteers each prepared a roast leg of lamb).
• Unleavened bread recalling the unleavened bread prepared for the hasty flight by night from Egypt.
• Bitter herbs (Moror) as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery and suffering in Egypt.
• Green herbs to be dipped in salt water.
• Salt water representing tears of sorrow shed during the captivity of the Lord's people.
• (C)Haroseth (or 'haroses') represents the mortar used by Jews in building palaces and pyramids of Egypt during their slavery. (It is a mixture of chopped apples, nuts, cinnamon and wine.)
• Wine

Ben with the bread and wine	The lamb
The salad	The bread
(C)Haroseth	Some of the participants