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A Note to Episcopalians in the Passover Haggadah “For this we left Egypt?”: You have picked up the wrong book.

I’m sorry, but what does this mean?

One question, two answers:

(One of the authors) Dave Barry’s father is a minister named David Barry and this might be a joke about that

AND,

Christians in general shouldn’t lead or hold Passover Seders (especially without any Jewish people present).

Okay, so I’m genuinely curious. This is the second post I’ve seen referencing Christians holding/leading a Passover Seder.

Is this like a common Christian practice somewhere? I’ve never heard of Christians doing this before now, but I have an admittedly limited Northeastern-American-Roman-Catholic perspective.

It is fairly common, because lots of xtians think it will bring them ~closer to jesus~ despite the fact that the modern Seder came after his death and had nothing to do with him.

In my experience, it’s an Evangelical thing. The idea is well, since the Old Testament is the necessary precursor to the New Testament all of it was meant for Christians, and is part of christian heritage since… they’re God’s people… too. Like, the old testament, while about the Jewish people, is seen as still being written to future Christians because that’s where a lot of the basics of christian theology come from (original sin, prophets prophecying about Jesus, the whole christ the husband/the church [rather than israel] the bride thing, like the entirety of Hebrews [the book], and so forth).

and yes, it’s super appropriative.

it’s extra appropriative because the things you named just aren’t a thing in the hebrew bible at all. original sin? book of hebrews? what’s that. not in the tanakh.