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Ok, here's the thing ... and I do this purely for my love of Mr. Cricket. I'm happy to throw a seder this year ... if it won't serve as spoilorz for next year's.
Ya see, once every five years, my family throws a HUGE SEDER that's a theatrical presentation of enormity with pleasure palace dimensions, diversions, and enjoyments. Four years ago, many LoT Swankers were among the 60 guests! It was an extravaganza I daresay none of them will soon forget.
I know many more Swankers whom I'd love to attend our next one, which is going to be next year. And, because I'd like to have more of the JEWS, it will -for the first time ever- be happening on one of the non-seder nights of Passover.*
Sigh... I don't want a seder this year to spoil the appetite, so to speak, for the more extravagant version of, well, essentially the same seder next year.
BUT ... that being said, I feel like Gemini Cricket's request must be honored ... and if folks can make it for a seder on Saturday, April 19 with the proviso that they must keep an open heart for next year's invitation ... Let's Do It.
* It's only recently I learned the two nights of seder I grew up with is a fairly recent revision to the roughly 5,000 year history of the cultural tradition of Passover. The second night of the seder is observed only by the jewish diaspora, and not by those in the Holy Land. Pfft, I now feel perfectly comfortable picking any damn night of the 8-day Passover to hold a seder.
This year, the first night actually falls on Saturday. Next year, I will jetison even more of the constricting restrictions to better serve our pleasure and convenience on whatever Saturday falls during those 8 days.
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