a small Pesach note

[cellio]

I forgot to mention this in my Pesach entry. Because, for my seder, we had a small-enough crowd, I was able to implement an idea that I heard once but have never seen. In the first part of the seder we are supposed to recline -- symbolically in a few places, but, as the haggadah answers, this is because we are no longer slaves and therefore are at leisure to recline, talk, nibble on food, and otherwise take it easy.

So we did the first (almost) three hours in the living room, on couches and comfy chairs and with pillows. This is more comfortable by far than sitting at a dining-room table. I am pleased with how that worked out.

I think I heard this idea, ~15 years ago, from Lee Gold, but I am not certain.