Here's what Jill from Writes Like She Talks said about me: If you want to get an excellent idea of how this issue applies practically, A Mother in Israel is a fantastic blog - well-written, by a mom of five (is it five?! yes, not four, but not six I think) who made aliyah many years ago but … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2007
Pesach Roundup
April 10, 2007 by
I plan on this being my last Pesach-related post. Thanks to a pre-Yom Tov discussion with our offspring, we enjoyed the last day of the holiday. Two out of our five guests actually showed up. On erev chag, I went around to the neighbors collecting potatoes, which they were happy to donate to the … [Read more...]
Clock of the Summer
April 9, 2007 by
Everyone knows about cleaning for Pesach, but "after Pesach" presents a new set of challenges for the Jewish homemaker. As I write this around midnight on Monday, my Pesach and everyday dishes are back in their places, two loads of laundry are hanging, and while I can't say the house is shining, … [Read more...]
Gebrokt
April 9, 2007 by
I seem to have surprised my readers with the fact that we don't eat gebrokt. Forgive me for a Pesach post after Pesach, because it reminds me a bit of stale matzah.In the mid to late 1700's, chassidim began observing the custom of not soaking matzah in water. The idea was that if any flour from the … [Read more...]
Pesach scenes
April 5, 2007 by
Like many Israelis, we have spent a good deal of our chol hamoed in traffic jams. As a diversion we spotted this girl, approximately four years old, standing halfway out the roof of a car nonchalantly driving through Bnei Brak traffic. We honked several times with no response. Enjoy the pictures … [Read more...]
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