Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!sher
From: sher@rochester.UUCP (David Sher)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Re: What is Kosher for Pesach
Message-ID: <9478@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-May-85 00:23:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocheste.9478
Posted: Sun May  5 00:23:44 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 7-May-85 08:26:28 EDT
References: <1894@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <252@vaxwaller.UUCP> <1474@aecom.UUCP> <201@mit-athena.UUCP>
Reply-To: sher@rochester.UUCP (David Sher)
Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept.
Lines: 20

>
>The situation is even more absurd.  This passover some  sefardi  friends
>of  mine  had  a  Russian  Jewish  couple  as guests at the hagadah.  Of
>course, they would eat very little of what was specifically prepared for
>passover.  Since Sefardim consider comensality extremely important, such
>behavior is considered rude and crude but beyond this they brought their
>own Lubovitcher matzah which was hadash and therefore 'asur mide'oraita'
>until the third day of passover.
> ? Y. S. Martillo ?  (I am not sure this is you)

I agree, your sefardi friends were being incredibly rude.  In my book
anyway, when you invite guests you respect their customs.  How would you 
like it if I invited you to my home and offered you ham and carrots fried
in lard (though actually I never cook such) or even cheeseburgers (which I
have been known to eat).  I admit that the Russian Jewish couple commited
a faux paux by bringing the hadash matzah but that is nothing compared to
the lack of hostipitallity of serving food to guests that their religion
or native customs forbid them.  

-David Sher