Did I tell you that Kat is hell-bent (er, שְׁאוֹל-bent?) on cooking a Passover meal this Pesach? No seder in the liturgical sense, but traditional food (e.g., haroseth, brisket, etc.) and wine. I have tried warning her away from most Kosher wine, but with no success thus far. :)
I haven't been to a too seder in many years, though, and it's cool that she's developed such an interest in her employers' faith and culture (one previously quite unfamiliar to the Irish Catholic girl from proverbial Woop Woop, Australia), so I'm on board.
I know that (about the wine, I mean), but still...recommend a good label?
I find it fascinating too, especially since she's one of the more devout Gentiles I know. But it's in keeping with her curiosity and general nature: in Japan, she wanted to study ikebana and shamisen and learn to wear kimono; in an Orthodox office, she wants to understand her neighbors' culture by participating in at least a few of its rituals, nonreligiously at least. (The amount of study she's done on Orthodox Judaism is also impressive; she's become the authority in her office on when everyone has to leave on Friday in order to make it home for candle-lighting.)
Anyway, this is certainly one of the things I love best about her, this desire to see, to experience, and to understand.
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Date: 2011-04-15 07:36 pm (UTC)I haven't been to a too seder in many years, though, and it's cool that she's developed such an interest in her employers' faith and culture (one previously quite unfamiliar to the Irish Catholic girl from proverbial Woop Woop, Australia), so I'm on board.
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Date: 2011-04-15 08:15 pm (UTC)And I find it fascinating that she's interested in doing this.
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Date: 2011-04-15 08:22 pm (UTC)I find it fascinating too, especially since she's one of the more devout Gentiles I know. But it's in keeping with her curiosity and general nature: in Japan, she wanted to study ikebana and shamisen and learn to wear kimono; in an Orthodox office, she wants to understand her neighbors' culture by participating in at least a few of its rituals, nonreligiously at least. (The amount of study she's done on Orthodox Judaism is also impressive; she's become the authority in her office on when everyone has to leave on Friday in order to make it home for candle-lighting.)
Anyway, this is certainly one of the things I love best about her, this desire to see, to experience, and to understand.
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Date: 2011-04-15 08:41 pm (UTC)That's such the best way to travel (through life), immersing in what society has to offer. People are so interesting :-)