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In the early part of the century, an elderly rabbi was traveling by horse to a small town outside Boston where he planned to celebrate Passover with some relatives. A fierce storm came up and the rabbi was forced to take refuge in a country house in which a protestant minister lived. The minister welcomed the rabbi warmly and expressed sympathy at the rabbi's concern about missing the first night of the Passover at the home of his relative. Excusing himself, the minister went into the kitchen and was gone for some time. Finally he called to his visitor and the rabbi entered the kitchen to find that the minister had arranged a candelabra in the form of a Menorah. A loaf of bread and a bottle of wine also graced the table. "I would count it an honor," said the minister, "if you would join me at the table. The bread is unleavened and, as you take the sacraments to remember the Passover and God's deliverance, I will also take the sacraments to remember the Lord's Supper and God's deliverance. Your side of the table shall be your temple and my side of the table will be my church. And, though separated by a table and certain beliefs, we will be as one in our faith in Almighty God."
