Reply To: Pesach circa 1980 VS Pesach 2012

zahavadad and mikehall12382, I agree with you in GENERAL and I hear you loud and clear. HOWEVER, when it comes to Pesach in PARTICULAR, my wife and I make it our duty to try to salvage the beautiful and holy spirit of Pesach from our youth by being very particular in what we use for Yom Tov, and limit our indulgences by making many of the foods ourselves, and in the spirit of mesorah we are careful what we buy and are very wary of new products. Many Yidden have a minhag not to “mish”. This is also in the same spirit of being extra careful during these days what goes in our mouths. Not that I do not trust my friend’s food in his house, C”V! We eat out during the year, sure we do. But there is a Pesachdig inyan and idea that by Pesach we go ‘the extra mile’ to be prudent about the food that cross the threshold of our homes. I hope I have made my explanation clear.