Passover- Martinet/Vestige

Enjoy these two Passover themed passages in honor of the holiday :)

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Martinet- someone who demands exact conformity to rules; strict

Ex: The martinet Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket is almost as intimidating as a Jewish mother barking out orders in the kitchen before a Passover Seder, almost. If you mess with the preparation of the bitter herb, prepare to be met with a bitter verb like “FUCK!” as in, “Here, take this salt, take this bucket of water, and get the FUCK out of my kitchen!”. If you fancy yourself more of a Private Pyle, you’ll likely be downgraded to the easiest job in the book: making the saltwater. If you can’t handle that, prepare to have a Tallis thrown over you and to be beaten senseless with horseradish roots by the rest of your family until you beg, “DAYENU!” (Hebrew for: enough!).

Vestige- a trace of something that no longer exists or is disappearing; a relic

Ex: The Shteinburgers managed to successfully adhere to Passover kashrut laws at their all-inclusive, goy-exclusive resort in Boca Raton, a vestige of suburban American Jewry in the 20^th century. Every Passover, they would migrate down to Boca with the other Jewish families from their area. Legend has it if you peer up into the sky in mid-April, you’ll see a flock of big-beaked birds in white button down shirts desperately flapping one of their arms while gripping tight to their yarmulkes with the other. As they passed overhead, you could hear cries of, “Ow! My arm is getting sore! When are we going to be there!” and, “I’m hungry! Can we stop for a bagel?”