The Passover Section

With springtime now upon us,
If your town has lots of Jews,
The supermarket has some foods
You might have need to use.

For Passover’s approaching
And the holiday demands 
No bread nor pasta be consumed;
Thus, stores have made their plans.

A special section’s filled with
All the substitutes we need
To serve at Seder time, just like
The ancient texts decreed.

There’s matzoh meal, gefilte fish 
And macaroons and cakes
And all of the ingredients
For anyone who bakes.

This Passover array depends
On neighborhood and store,
So often pickings might be slim 
While other shops have more.

For Jewish folk with markets
With no matzoh, I’d behoove
You to tell the owners how you feel
Or do what I’d do - move!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Wolf Avatar
March 19, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Heh, heh, another cutie... Where I live, the sales are so good that gentiles swoop in on Saturdays and make off like bandits. Jumbo bottles of honey for $6.99. Five boxes of Matzo for $2.99. Kishke for $3.99 a roll. Used to be more of these specials, but times are hard for supermarkets. Happy Passover, gw
Volumes Avatar
March 18, 2023 at 2:47 AM
Your poems are always engaging Ilene, and from this one I learn. When younger my grandsons attended a Jewish school though this was not their faith, they loved it and learnt a lot and would greet me on the phone with "Shalom Grandma" There sweet little American accents greeting me this way was always a treat. Thank you for your informsative poem.
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March 17, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Dear Ilene, to the best of my knowledge, there was no corned beef eaten on the first Passover? It was lamb, bitter greens (no horse radish), unleavened bread, red wine, and no dessert. The modern seder is mostly tradition, much like Christmas is to most Christians. Right or wrong, enjoy your seder. / Maurice
Turner Avatar
March 17, 2023 at 2:32 PM
I'm not Jewish but I am going to have a big dish of corned beef and cabbage:) Thanks for the smile, Ilene. You never disappoint.
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