Passover - Yr 1, Day 286

Raleigh, NC

We did locate another supermarket (Kroger on Falls of Neuse) that had a much better selection of KP foods.  Nothing like NJ, but much more than an endcap with jelly rings and macaroons only.

This was the first year we did not spend with family and that was a little bit sad.  We did miss them very much.

The first seder was on Friday night and we were invited to a local congregant's home, where she had about 35 people and quite a lot of kids. The way the seder was led brought me fondly back to the days when we used to run our fun seders - complete with throwing props - very kid oriented.  Then again, that is the real reason behind having a Passover seder: "you shall tell your kids in every generation..."

The second night we went to Chabad of Cary.  Rabbi Cotler was out of town but had someone filling his place (Rabbi Mendy Singer, originally from Manchester, UK, but came from Brooklyn and is moving to Bristol UK in a few weeks).  This seder was mostly adults and only about 12 people, so much smaller, more intimate and a lot of inspirational discussions.  So we really experienced 2 completely different extremes; both of which were equally enjoyable.

We went to services on Sunday for the 2nd day of the holiday, but only 1 other person showed up besides us.  There was a lot of food left over from the seder and the rabbi explained that they were leaving in 2 days and the other rabbi wouldn't be returning until the end of the week and would we please help them by taking the food back with us!  Honestly, I was planning to ask what they did with the leftovers, because since we couldn't find much KP food, our frig and pantry were mostly empty.  So that worked out really fabulously!  Now we have a ton of food to last the week.