Passover

Tonight we were invited by friends of friends to go to the house of one of their friends for Seder - to celebrate the first night of Passover.   It was a great treat.  The service was interspersed with discussions which are endemic to all Jewish gatherings about which pages to skip in the Hagaddah (the order of service) and how to sing the songs and to what tunes.  Our host Mannie was full of stories which pleasantly delayed the progress of the service.  One of the guests had actually made Matzos, which was a considerable feat.  There was a great buzz round the table and the meal was a marathon of Jewish food:

Chicken liver pate

Gefilte fish

Chicken soup with matzos balls 

Chicken with roast vegetables, carrot tzimmes and matzos kugel

Tea and cake

The seder plate

We felt very welcome and very much at home! 

Soup and matzos balls

Anticipating the meal