I posted a Pesach approved recipe earlier. Because I don’t like reading 5 paragraphs about a recipe before actually getting to the recipe, I typically don’t post them before my recipes. I find it frustrating. So when I post recipes I’m being the change I want to see. Lol. I just get to it.
That said, if I were the kind of person who posted long backstories about recipes, this would’ve been attached to my earlier post but like I already stated,” We don’t do that here” (In my Black Panther Wakandan accent).
I have so much to say about this year’s Pesach. So let’s get to it. First we were presented with the challenge of throwing away food while everyone else in the world was hoarding it during a Pandemic. We (My husband and I) faced questions like: Are we using wisdom and not throwing things out (because we need to eat and may not be able to go get food)? Are we exercising faith (because our Elohim will provide no matter what)? The answer may seem clear to me now but it wasn’t at first.
I thought of the first Passover (precedent) and what that atmosphere must’ve been like. It was a scary time as well. And Yah protected and provided then like He does now. Obedience/Trust is what He required. So now that we were following the direction of faith, there were more questions. Do we throw the food out or give it away? We typically don’t give it away. Because if leaven is symbolic of sin, to give it away seems wrong; Just because whoever we’re giving it to doesn’t recognize Pesach. I could go on about this part but I’m going to move past it for now. However, when I thought about throwing it away when so many people were on lines at food banks and out of work, that didn’t seem right either. By throwing the food away I would certainly be in obedience but by ignoring the fact that my obedience could help someone else wouldn’t be right either. So I was reminded that we are also required to follow the spirit of a law (2 Cor. 3:4-6). For example: going to buy food on Shabbat for someone in need of food is not violation. It isn’t something I typically do but Loving my neighbor is the spirit of that law. You see? I shared this with my husband and he agreed. Yah does want our obedience but he also wants our heart. So we did have to throw some perishables away and things that were already opened but the rest we did give away.
So fast forward a couple days in to Pesach and I had a huge bundle of bananas from my very generous neighbor that I needed to use. Well, I threw out my baking powder but I decided to make banana muffins anyway. I saw a base recipe that didn’t use leaven and then changed ingredients and quantities to suit my tastes and preferences. Well, those thangs were so delicious we made them at least three times before the week was out. Everybody loved them, even the baby (then again she eats paper but I digress). But here in lies the first lesson; We think that if we don’t have a leavening agent that our baked treats won’t come out right or they won’t taste good, but it’s not true! These muffins were fluffy moist and delicious. Just the same as people think living a life without sin is boring, and without fun or excitement. That isn’t true either. So the second lesson I learned is sin is an illusion and the truth is delicious.
I know there are those who think we shouldn’t be celebrating holy days while in captivity (no shade at all if that is you) but I know that each time I do, I take away a spiritual lesson that clarifies the spirit of the law for me; and I can only get that by first being obedient. I hope this blessed someone and if you haven’t yet, go make yourself some delicious sinless muffins!! Lol
Be blessed and Shalom
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