Caitlin Nelson - Cedar Meal (my choice)

The original reason I became a religious studies major is because I love learning about new cultures and beliefs, and even getting the chance to experience them when I can. In the latter half of the semester I ended up changing my major, but having the Cedar Meal in class reminded me of one of the reasons why I love religion. I love the tradition of it, even though we were performing more of a pseudo cedar meal than the real thing, to me the beauty of the real thing stuck out. Its a worship and love of God, its thanking him for salvation, for the promised land. For the end of a time of suffering, for miracles. its reading the words of old and making them live again. It reminds you of why it is you believe what you believe. Its things like the Cedar meal that are why I love religion. It's important to have specific times set aside to love God, to worship Him, to reminisce on what has been and the relevance of that in our lives today. I'm not Jewish but I still enjoyed experiencing just a small piece of something so greatly important to their faith. I wasn't such a big fan of the food, but the rest of it I really did enjoy. It helped to remind me of something that I was once so passionate about, and thats good.