Next year, I’ve decided to make our seder more efficient. I think that, just before the story of the Exodus, we’ll serve the soup and appetizers. Then, while we’re eating dinner, we’ll have the third and fourth cups of wine. We’ll have dessert while we’re singing. In fact, I believe that all seders that don’t multitask like this aren’t following halacha.
Why, you ask?
Because serial isn’t allowed on Pesach.
P.S.: Wondering about the title of this post? Here’s the explanation. When the Prime Minister of Israel came to Washington last year for a state dinner, his protocol officer decided to bring in a kosher chef and offer a truly Jewish meal. At the dinner that night, the first course served is matzo ball soup. President Bush looked at this and after learning what it is called, he told an aide that he can’t eat such a gross and strange-looking brew. The aide says that the Prime Minister would be insulted if he didn’t at least taste it. Not wanting to cause any trouble (after all, he ate sheep’s eye in honor of Arab guests), Bush gingerly lowered his spoon into the bowl and retrieved a piece of matzo ball and some broth, hesitated, and swallowed. A big grin appeared on his face. He liked it, so he dug in and finished the whole bowl.
Afterwards, he asked the Prime Minister: “That was delicious. Do you Jews eat any other part of the matzo?”
