April 10, 2025 • 8 mins
Professor Sam teaches us about Easter.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Murphy Salmon Schondey after the show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Can I take over the podcast today?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Please? Sure?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I would like to make this an educational podcast from
Professor Sam.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Okay, what does that mean?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
You may have and you know, there are times we wonder,
how do they come up with a date for Easter.
Why isn't it the same day every year like Christmas?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Is because it's based on Passover and oh gosh.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, well that's what that's what we're going to get into. Okay,
I just want to help everybody. Eight years of religion
class at Holy Cross, you know, I picked up a
few things.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Good and I had many many years of Sunday school. Yeah,
there you go, my family.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Free basic things. Easter is determined as the first Sunday
after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Okay,
the spring equinox, now what the Bible said.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
But okay, I'm joking. Oh I'm joking. I'm just being.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Spring equinox is March twenty first. Well, you know, it
could be before that, could be later than that. But
the church has their own spring equinoxes March twenty first
every day and the spring equinox is the first day
of spring, right, and on a regular like Gregorian or
astronomical calendar, like I said, it could be on the nineteenth,
could be on the twenty second, but the church is
that's always the twenty first, okay, period, so really Easter
(01:13):
can be anywhere between the twenty second and the fifth,
April twenty fifth.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I have a question for Schlosser, Sam, So you learned
this in religion class. Yeah, I never learned that. That
was never spoken. It was all about Jesus and this
was Sunday school, and it was all about Jesus and
him dying on the cross and the resurrection and the
stone being moved away and not there and he's risen.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's related. I mean, it's the same story, but that
all that stuff is the actual process of what happened
coming into the town, coming into town, the whole week
there and then the crucifixion, yes, resurrection, et cetera. Okay,
So March twenty first, that's our first day. The first
full moon after that, which just so happens to happen
this weekend, Okay, this is going to be the first
(01:55):
full moon this weekend, and it's a special full moon,
that first full moon after Spring after the first day
of spring. It's called the Paschal moon p A s
c h A L. And that's from the Greek and
Latin Passover. So this is the passover moon. We're going
to have Saturday night, Okay, and then the Farmers Almanac
and all those call it a pink moon, you know
how they have all those new names now, so and
(02:17):
that it's a pink moon Saturday night. Otherwise it's the
Paschal moon. And so then we go to the first
Sunday after the first full moon. And I know what
your next question is, if the full moon is Saturday,
how come this Sunday is not Easter.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
It's Sunday.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, but they don't if it's on Saturday night, they
don't put the Easter on the next day. It's the
week week because we got to have a little passover
in there. So Passover starts with the full moon and
goes through Easter.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
See, this is why people don't actually ask why they
look at the calendar and they just you know, pick it.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
When it comes down to it, it's just those three things.
The first full moon after spring, the first Sunday after
the first full moon, after the first day of spring.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well, I see, I'm so glad that you broke it down,
because it really is. It's one of those days. Is
one of those holidays that floats and changes because of
everything you just stated, where other holidays don't.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Necessarily it goes to show you that, you know, a
tradition takes place and nobody really thinks about it after
a while. Taylor and Phoebe were talking about that the
other day that when they get married, there's some things
that they just don't want to They don't want to do.
They don't want to do the garter. They think the
garter is kind of creepy and kind of weird now
and it's outdated. And you can see how it's outdated.
I mean, I guess during a time where that was like,
(03:28):
oh my god, taboos whatever, you know. But I don't
know what started the tradition of the garter, but it
still becomes part of it. Yeah, but it's part of
every wedding. It's assumed, you know what I'm saying. It's
like there's going to be a groom's cake in a
bride's cake. Why don't know, it's a way it's always
been done. There's so much stuff like that, you really
don't know the story behind.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Taylor and Phoebe though both work for an event place
where they there get to see and be a part
of weddings all the time, so they have a lot
of opinions about yes, I'm going to do this and no,
I'm not going to do that. And it's funny because
the last few receptions we've ever been to Murphy, I
don't remember the garter happening. I feel like it's happening
less and less. When I was a little girl, the
(04:08):
first time I saw that, I was like, whoa, Yeah, scandalous.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I loved its anni climactic too. You shoot the garter
and it goes two.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Feet about him getting it's pretty Yeah, Oh it's so pretty. Flower.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
There's the flower toss too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
But you know, they're just little random things, that are
they just they're born for some reason and they stick.
You know, salt and pepper always come together. Why don't
know somebody did it for the first time somewhere along
the line. I never thought of that.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I think they go together.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I mean that, but that's the thing, right, But why
do they go together? And the reason they go together,
for you is because they've gone because it was how
you were introduced to it as a kid, if you
grew up and salt and pepper were on a table
at every restaurant or whatever. It's a tradition and you
don't you really don't wind up questioning those things. It's
really it's kind of crazy, you know. I guess the
(05:01):
same thing goes for a Christmas tree. I've never really
asked why we put it.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
At one point, I feel like I asked why a
long time ago and I knew it, but I can't remember.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I could not, right, But it's something, but it's something
that you plan to do if you're celebrating Christmas every year, right,
I mean, so it's just, yeah, the tradition is like that,
and how you don't don't question it. And it never
even occurred to me until Taylor and Phoebe were talking about,
you know, the garter part. It's like, yeah, it does
feel a little bit out of date today.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
It just yeah, it's okay.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, and then you know the whole bouquet the next
to get married. Taylor says that that you'll see that
gets those have its awkward moments. They see so many
of the weddings, like Jodie was saying that it has
its awkward moments. For some it goes out great, for
some it results in arguments. Go figure, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
That's the beauty though of your own wedding. You can
do whatever you want. Correct, You really can't unless, as
Taylor puts it, you have a mom zilla involved. For
her working as an event as an event coordinator at
a place where they host a lot of weddings and receptions.
She says, sometimes it's not the bride that is, you know,
gives them the most sort of trouble, but it's the
(06:11):
mom's like, you know, mom of the bride or mom
of the of the groom and wants things a certain way,
and she's like, you know what we we do. You
can see that everyone sort of acquiesces to that person
because they're paying, well, they're.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Paying, and they're the mom. You know, the mom. Of
course you're going to be particular on a big day
like that.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Right for weddings too, Are they still doing something old,
something new, something biroled, something blue.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I don't think so. Not the ones that Taylor and
Phoebe have seen. And that's you have to be close
to the bride to know that. Yeah, you know you
have to. I had spent a long time since a
friend of mine got married. The last time a friend
of mine got married was more than ten years ago.
We were there at the at the our wedding, and
I don't think she did that. I don't think she
(06:54):
had you know, all that, and I didn't think to ask.
And she's one of my very best friends, so I
would have known if that was going on.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Yeah, some traditions will just roll off and fade. Yeah,
it's just kind of weird. They don't stick while the
others do. And it's sort of like, I mean this,
what is it? The twenty fifth anniversary, the fiftith anniversary.
Every anniversary supposedly has something that goes with it, but
I think all that has gone now. I mean, I
know there used to be the bride would get a
(07:21):
book in the book would have all those kinds of things,
and it would you not have, yeah, this is the
anniversary things. Oh yeah it was. The book was called
to the Bride, I think, and it had all everything
from like recipes to you know, actually some of that's
probably pretty outdated too, because it was like how to
do things around the house, you know what I mean.
And it was very home economics focus.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, I keep your husband happy.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
That was a very different time too, So yes, some
traditions need to change.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Right, absolutely in modern times.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
And then others are the ones that we just you know, cherish,
And then most apparently don't question at all.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
If we're getting rid of holidays, can we shoot for
April fools?
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Far Well, who said we're getting rid of holidays.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We're getting rid of traditions, not holiday.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Okay, well let's get rid of that tribute.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
But you would like April Fools the most.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
You know, rubber roaches only go so far, and you
can't pull out a roach.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Every year, right, but you could do it every day. Really,
you don't have to wait till the first right, missed
any part of the show.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Get it All on the Murphy Salmon Jody podcast.
Welcome to the Murphy Salmon Schondey after the show podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Can I take over the podcast today?
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Please? Sure?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
I would like to make this an educational podcast from
Professor Sam.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Okay, what does that mean?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
You may have and you know, there are times we wonder,
how do they come up with a date for Easter.
Why isn't it the same day every year like Christmas?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Is because it's based on Passover and oh gosh.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yeah, well that's what that's what we're going to get into. Okay,
I just want to help everybody. Eight years of religion
class at Holy Cross, you know, I picked up a
few things.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Good and I had many many years of Sunday school. Yeah,
there you go, my family.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Free basic things. Easter is determined as the first Sunday
after the first full moon after the spring equinox. Okay,
the spring equinox, now what the Bible said.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
But okay, I'm joking. Oh I'm joking. I'm just being.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Spring equinox is March twenty first. Well, you know, it
could be before that, could be later than that. But
the church has their own spring equinoxes March twenty first
every day and the spring equinox is the first day
of spring, right, and on a regular like Gregorian or
astronomical calendar, like I said, it could be on the nineteenth,
could be on the twenty second, but the church is
that's always the twenty first, okay, period, so really Easter
(01:13):
can be anywhere between the twenty second and the fifth,
April twenty fifth.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
I have a question for Schlosser, Sam, So you learned
this in religion class. Yeah, I never learned that. That
was never spoken. It was all about Jesus and this
was Sunday school, and it was all about Jesus and
him dying on the cross and the resurrection and the
stone being moved away and not there and he's risen.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
It's related. I mean, it's the same story, but that
all that stuff is the actual process of what happened
coming into the town, coming into town, the whole week
there and then the crucifixion, yes, resurrection, et cetera. Okay,
So March twenty first, that's our first day. The first
full moon after that, which just so happens to happen
this weekend, Okay, this is going to be the first
(01:55):
full moon this weekend, and it's a special full moon,
that first full moon after Spring after the first day
of spring. It's called the Paschal moon p A s
c h A L. And that's from the Greek and
Latin Passover. So this is the passover moon. We're going
to have Saturday night, Okay, and then the Farmers Almanac
and all those call it a pink moon, you know
how they have all those new names now, so and
(02:17):
that it's a pink moon Saturday night. Otherwise it's the
Paschal moon. And so then we go to the first
Sunday after the first full moon. And I know what
your next question is, if the full moon is Saturday,
how come this Sunday is not Easter.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
It's Sunday.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Yeah, but they don't if it's on Saturday night, they
don't put the Easter on the next day. It's the
week week because we got to have a little passover
in there. So Passover starts with the full moon and
goes through Easter.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
See, this is why people don't actually ask why they
look at the calendar and they just you know, pick it.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
When it comes down to it, it's just those three things.
The first full moon after spring, the first Sunday after
the first full moon, after the first day of spring.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Well, I see, I'm so glad that you broke it down,
because it really is. It's one of those days. Is
one of those holidays that floats and changes because of
everything you just stated, where other holidays don't.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Necessarily it goes to show you that, you know, a
tradition takes place and nobody really thinks about it after
a while. Taylor and Phoebe were talking about that the
other day that when they get married, there's some things
that they just don't want to They don't want to do.
They don't want to do the garter. They think the
garter is kind of creepy and kind of weird now
and it's outdated. And you can see how it's outdated.
I mean, I guess during a time where that was like,
(03:28):
oh my god, taboos whatever, you know. But I don't
know what started the tradition of the garter, but it
still becomes part of it. Yeah, but it's part of
every wedding. It's assumed, you know what I'm saying. It's
like there's going to be a groom's cake in a
bride's cake. Why don't know, it's a way it's always
been done. There's so much stuff like that, you really
don't know the story behind.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Taylor and Phoebe though both work for an event place
where they there get to see and be a part
of weddings all the time, so they have a lot
of opinions about yes, I'm going to do this and no,
I'm not going to do that. And it's funny because
the last few receptions we've ever been to Murphy, I
don't remember the garter happening. I feel like it's happening
less and less. When I was a little girl, the
(04:08):
first time I saw that, I was like, whoa, Yeah, scandalous.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
I loved its anni climactic too. You shoot the garter
and it goes two.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Feet about him getting it's pretty Yeah, Oh it's so pretty. Flower.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
There's the flower toss too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
But you know, they're just little random things, that are
they just they're born for some reason and they stick.
You know, salt and pepper always come together. Why don't
know somebody did it for the first time somewhere along
the line. I never thought of that.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I think they go together.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
I mean that, but that's the thing, right, But why
do they go together? And the reason they go together,
for you is because they've gone because it was how
you were introduced to it as a kid, if you
grew up and salt and pepper were on a table
at every restaurant or whatever. It's a tradition and you
don't you really don't wind up questioning those things. It's
really it's kind of crazy, you know. I guess the
(05:01):
same thing goes for a Christmas tree. I've never really
asked why we put it.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
At one point, I feel like I asked why a
long time ago and I knew it, but I can't remember.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I could not, right, But it's something, but it's something
that you plan to do if you're celebrating Christmas every year, right,
I mean, so it's just, yeah, the tradition is like that,
and how you don't don't question it. And it never
even occurred to me until Taylor and Phoebe were talking about,
you know, the garter part. It's like, yeah, it does
feel a little bit out of date today.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
It just yeah, it's okay.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, and then you know the whole bouquet the next
to get married. Taylor says that that you'll see that
gets those have its awkward moments. They see so many
of the weddings, like Jodie was saying that it has
its awkward moments. For some it goes out great, for
some it results in arguments. Go figure, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
That's the beauty though of your own wedding. You can
do whatever you want. Correct, You really can't unless, as
Taylor puts it, you have a mom zilla involved. For
her working as an event as an event coordinator at
a place where they host a lot of weddings and receptions.
She says, sometimes it's not the bride that is, you know,
gives them the most sort of trouble, but it's the
(06:11):
mom's like, you know, mom of the bride or mom
of the of the groom and wants things a certain way,
and she's like, you know what we we do. You
can see that everyone sort of acquiesces to that person
because they're paying, well, they're.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Paying, and they're the mom. You know, the mom. Of
course you're going to be particular on a big day
like that.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Right for weddings too, Are they still doing something old,
something new, something biroled, something blue.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
I don't think so. Not the ones that Taylor and
Phoebe have seen. And that's you have to be close
to the bride to know that. Yeah, you know you
have to. I had spent a long time since a
friend of mine got married. The last time a friend
of mine got married was more than ten years ago.
We were there at the at the our wedding, and
I don't think she did that. I don't think she
(06:54):
had you know, all that, and I didn't think to ask.
And she's one of my very best friends, so I
would have known if that was going on.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Yeah, some traditions will just roll off and fade. Yeah,
it's just kind of weird. They don't stick while the
others do. And it's sort of like, I mean this,
what is it? The twenty fifth anniversary, the fiftith anniversary.
Every anniversary supposedly has something that goes with it, but
I think all that has gone now. I mean, I
know there used to be the bride would get a
(07:21):
book in the book would have all those kinds of things,
and it would you not have, yeah, this is the
anniversary things. Oh yeah it was. The book was called
to the Bride, I think, and it had all everything
from like recipes to you know, actually some of that's
probably pretty outdated too, because it was like how to
do things around the house, you know what I mean.
And it was very home economics focus.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Yeah, I keep your husband happy.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
That was a very different time too, So yes, some
traditions need to change.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Right, absolutely in modern times.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
And then others are the ones that we just you know, cherish,
And then most apparently don't question at all.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
If we're getting rid of holidays, can we shoot for
April fools?
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Far Well, who said we're getting rid of holidays.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
We're getting rid of traditions, not holiday.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Okay, well let's get rid of that tribute.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
But you would like April Fools the most.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
You know, rubber roaches only go so far, and you
can't pull out a roach.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Every year, right, but you could do it every day. Really,
you don't have to wait till the first right, missed
any part of the show.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Get it All on the Murphy Salmon Jody podcast.
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