Gefilte fish
So, just where did the Children of Israel get their gefilte fish while wandering around the Sinai Penninsula for forty years?
A lovely Passover dinner, although because of my cold I just sat quietly down at the end of the very long table, eating my bitter herbs and patting the dog. Much silliniess and laughter, and the usual ritual singing of old Broadway show-tunes (Mel's rendition of Appalachian Spring was a high point). And of course, wall-to-wall dessert (presumably symbolic of the land of milk and honey?). It was agreed after rabbinical discussion that potatoes are included in Passover dinner (although the only way the Children of Israel could have gotten them was if God had rained them down along with the manna) because they neither chew the cud nor have cloven hooves. I'm glad that point was clarified for me: it has often caused sleepless nights.
Interesting to be in a roomfull of people that familiar with the Bible.
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