Of course, this was all a prelude to the seder but before we could get to the seder, I had to take a picture of Carol Reimann ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0004 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0005 before coming home where Judy had arrived ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0006 and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0007 showed how the table was prepared ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0008 as Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0009 surveyed the food ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0010 and Josephine ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0011 kept an eye on the stove ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0012 as the musical instruments were assembled ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0013 and DrLen practiced the reclining thing ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0014 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0015 as Jane ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0016 got ready to greet Ann and Stan ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0017 who arrived bearing gifts ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0018 as Ben and Jane ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0019 waited for me to return in costume ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0020 as the time approached 6 o'clock ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0021 so that the hors de ouveres could be served ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0022 as Suzanne appeared in costume ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0023 and we unwrapped Moses ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0024 as the salads were fully prepared ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0025 and Ilana Lucas and Dan Candeto '07 arrived ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0026 and then posed for this picture with Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0027 as Jeff Nunakawa ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0028 and Ed ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0029 and OtherJane who was engaged in conversation with Jane ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0030 and Willa and Martha ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0031 and Bill Slaughter arrived ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0032 so that we could assemble at the seder ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0033 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0034 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0035 and begin the service to Benjamin's amusement. ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0036 These were the views down the sides of the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0037 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0038 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0039 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0040 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0041 and near my end of the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0042 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0043 as we got to the plagues and had to see if the frog could swim ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0044 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0045 before the music began ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0046 and the assembled ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0047 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0048 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0049 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0050 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0051 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0052 insisted that I take this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0053 before the soup came ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0054 though Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0055 was more engaged in the two types of charoset ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0056 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0057 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0058 before he took some artistic pictures of the matzah ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0059 the fan ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0060 matzah and water ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0061 before catching a view of the kitchen ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0062 the wine ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0063 the others at the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0064 and the door through which Elijah might enter ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0065 as he recorded the signs that we had passed ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0066 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0067 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0068 and his setting ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0069 to which chicken ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0070 and brisket were about to be added. ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0071 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0072 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0073 As those assembled ate ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0074 there were potatoes ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0075 and asparagus ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0076 that made my plate look like this ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0077 until the kugel ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0078 and spinach ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0079 came to complete my plate ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0080 as we passed more food ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0081 to the assembled ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0082 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0083 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0084 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0085 and Ben tried on the head dress ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0086 as Sarah and Ed ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0087 Ilana and Dan ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0088 Stan and Ann ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0089 DrLen and Judy ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0090 shared the view of the others ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0091 including Jeff and OtherJane ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0092 and Stan ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0093 before the desserts were served ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0094 ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0095 and candy ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0096 and traditional jellies ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0097 though the centered chocolates ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0098 made Willa want to wear the head dress ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0099 as the dried apricots ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0100 got Jeff going ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0101 as Sarah listened ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0102 and Suzanne, DrLen and Judy ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0103 awaited the Afikomen ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0104 before Jane listened as Sarah read tales of Miriam ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0105

When all was said and done, Judy and DrLen got ready to go ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0106 Martha expressed her joy ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0107 as did Willa ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0108 and DrLen and Judy brought with them costumes for their next seder. ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//IMG_0109

At the other end of the table, the scene was different as seen in these pictures contributed by Stan Honda of Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//ben me with the Matzah ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//david-matzoh and in costume ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//egyptian the swimming frog ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//frog Jeff reading Old English ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//jeffreads Moses holding forth ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//moses Sarah reading ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//sarahreads ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//sarah the signs ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//signs and Suzanne and I presiding ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//suzanne-david ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//suzanne-david2 over the table ../../../Sabbat/2006/04.04-12.06Passover2006//table

Chag Same'ach to all.