...as I was wheeling her in her wheelchair back to her apartment, after dinner:
"Now we can finally eat bread again."
I then asked if she was sick of not having regular bread, and she nodded.
. . .
Some parts of Passover are really a bit of a sacrifice for some people. It's very interesting religiously, how dietary changes become part of celebrating a holiday, even uncomfortable ones that people don't like. That really says something about culture and how tradition looms large and maintains itself, even against motivations to the contrary.
We humans are fascinating creatures.
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