Dinner

Exodus 12: 14-27

I like to eat. It is not just the food but also the conversation of gathering around the table with friends and family. Preparing food is thus not a chore but a pleasure for me as it is the means to a delightful end. I am therefore comforted by the words hidden in the instructions for the celebration of the Passover that it is quite legal to prepare the feast.
There is no mention of pressing buttons in lifts on Sundays pushing a baby's pram or any of the other ways that the Sabbath Laws have been extended by the development of Jewish doctrine over the last few thousand years. Honouring God by celebration of his saving from us death is the object of the ordinance. Cooking and eating are part of this labour of love.