Capt Ayhab

Abarmard Jan

I have a number of Jewish (American) friends, who are disgusted by, Israel's policies regarding Middle-East. Especially, treatment of Palestinians.

Fred and Mahmoudg are a couple of angry and misguided individuals. That is all.

thank you !

Thank you,  user profile.">capt_ayhab and you all  for Passover wishes.

I would like to bring a small correction, the unleavened bread is eaten 7 days only in Israel, outside the country Pessah is 8 days !

profile.">humanbeing- 

Cleaning is not very different than the pre-Nowrouz "khaneh takani", as for the cooking, believe me, I spent more time cleaning greens  for the kuku, the ash reshteh, and sabzi polo for the sal tahvil, than preparing chicken soup, gefilteh fish.

profile.">divaneh

providing that you are not jewish, yes you can dip your biscuit in your tea, and if you were jewish and not orthoddox , you would just care to buy KLP biscuits.

I Have a Crush on Alex Trebek-Marge

No offend, nothing personal,  but why " silly laws" ? what you write sounds like  what the wicked son asks, "What is this service to you?", as isolating himself from the Jewish
people, standing by objectively and watching their behavior rather than
participating. Therefore, he is rebuked by the explanation that "It
is because God acted for my sake when I left Egypt."
(This implies that the Seder is not for the wicked son because the
wicked son would not have deserved to be freed from Egyptian slavery.) <> Wikipedia

Moadim le simha

i'm flattered

thanks. i hope to retain my humanity as things get more and more complicated around here.

(mme) humanbeing.

Humanbeing

You said it perfectly [we are all human beings].

Profound statement indeed sir/madam

-YT 

i'm not a regular, but i appreciate the wish

i'm not a regular on this site, and i'm also not an orthodox jew, but i felt very heartened by the gesture. my wishes of peace to all muslims, all persians, and all others: we are all human beings. perhaps some of your 'jewish/israeli' friends are not online now because of observing.

Where are all of our Jewish friends?

Mahmoudg, Fred, and a few other well known Jewish/Israeli friends on this site? I expected them to be here making peace. Happy Passover.

The significance of number 7

in religion is across the board.  Here's some information:

 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_7#In_religion

Mola Jan

Sorry dude, I am Muslim myself.

-YT 

Happy Passover

Wishing them peace and happiness at Passover and always.

Happy Passover (listen & enjoy)

Mona  ;)

Captain,

"I am not a jew but am willing to convert. Do you know any good rabbi around?"

Said Hazrate shotor.

i learn something new every day!

thanks for the info from the zoroastrian source. the description of the 3-4 days with the joy and sorrow for the good/bad deeds, and other details, all resonates also in the 'myth of er' from the end of plato's republic. there have been discussions, academic and otherwise of the origin of the mythical figure of er. was he armenian? iranian? unfortunately, not enough research is done about the ties of these cultures (although the classical scholar fr. nietschce, aka philosopher, was preoccupied with this interface). some work is being done on iranian substrates in talmudic texts, but i really don't know enough about this. thanks again for the references.

Mr. Obama

You are correct in respect to sanctity and importance of number 7 in Zoroastrian religion, and for that fact in most every religion and traditions going back 1000's of years.

There are great number of commonality between the religions. Most notably been the study of influence of Zoroastrianism on Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

"The typical passage is found in the Hþtokht Nask (Yt. 22. 1-36; and compares Vistþsp Yasht, Yt. 24. 53-64). For the first three nights after the breath has left the body the soul hovers about the lifeless frame and experiences joy or sorrow according to the deeds done in this life. On the dawn of the fourth day the soul takes fight from earth..."

"Note: compare this to the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday, and his resurrection on Monday (the dawn of the fourth day)."

"The author has attempted in his article in the Biblical World to show how much the Messiah-idea in Judaism and the Saoshyant-idea in Mazdaism, probably taught by Zarathushtra himself, resemble each other."

"The similarity between it (the Zoroastrian doctrine of the future life and the end of the world) and the Christian doctrine is
striking and deserve more attention on the side of Christian theology, even though much has been written on this subject."

//www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/influenc.htm

//www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/biblicalconn...

This is only one comparison. The I provided is a wonderful site that pick apart the many similarities and influences that Zoroastrianism has had on Semitic religions. 

-YT 

Chag Sameach!

Chag Sameach!

Divaneh Jan

Well to answer your question I need to say that I am not a Jewish, but  a Muslim.

I was hoping some of Jewish friends to join us here and correct any mistake that might be in the article.

I did copy the article from the source I have indicated and I am assuming[for the lack of better word] that it is accurate.

As we say... Bani Adam aAzaye yek peykarand.

Thanks for your time.

-YT 

the number seven

thanks for the passover wish. it is a difficult holiday for women or for other observant people with obsessive compulsive disorder. kids love it because of the the afikoman (the prize for finding the hidden matzo at the seder), and for all the songs and ritual. the seder of the persian jews has some differences in nuance from the seder of say a polish jewish tradition, but in general the seder is highly reminiscent of a symposium (the classical greek ritualized conversation involving orderly rotation of speakers, in an arranged seating, with measured wine-drinking, and a 'leader' of the meal/discussion/drinking/singing). different cultures have different significant numbers. 7 is significant in most of them, including pythagorean symbolism. there is no consensus where pythagoras really came from... let's celebrate how much our cultures share

Is this in any way related to old Persian stuff?I keep reading7!

As you know 7 is the sacred number in old Persian and zoroastrian religion. Putting the macho bias aside, can you tell me that if it ispossible that this 7 dervied from our 7? thanks!

Happy Passover to all Jewish friends...

Thanks Captain for enlightening us with this tradition... Although I personally only believe in GOD alone as a sole creator of all existence, I still respect and wish everyone of any religion and faith all the best with their healthy and peaceful traditions... Love and Peace.

Soooo complicated

Happy Passover to all our Jewish friends. I however must say every religion that I know about has some very complicated procedures. Some more than the others.

Please help Captain

Dear Captain, I have now read this a few times over and I still don't know if I can dunk my biscuit in my tea. Please help.

Peace be upon your nation

Thank you Captain Jan. I appreciate this. Another reason I left the faith! These silly dietary guidelines. I still love the message. 

Hugs,

Marge