[My Purim basket Giveaway ends Monday, March 3.]
Sometimes the urban environment is an ideal place for wild animals. Here’s an example: In 2006, Petach Tikva’s two hospitals merged to form the Rabin Medical Center. Since then, several new buildings have appeared at the Beilinson campus while the Hasharon campus, several kilometers away, lies stagnating.
For an updated list for 2010, see Easy Costume Ideas.
Reiza, who is pregnant and due right around Purim, tweeted that she hasn’t thought about Purim costumes yet for her three kids. I always find it hard to come up with easy, inexpensive costumes. After Purim, of course, I have dozens of ideas. Reiza wrote, “Costumes should be eco-friendly (aka cheap).”
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| Purim Basket |
Oh, Nuts is donating delivery of a free Purim gift basket to a lucky reader of this blog. Originally the giveaway was for a basket worth up to $30, but when I pointed out out that baskets for delivery in Israel cost more than that, Oh Nuts agreed to include the one pictured above as an option for Israelis. I drive a hard bargain.
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I am enjoying Mimi’s challenge of cooking with whatever she has in the house. As food manager of a large family I have had to learn to keep well-stocked, but when I run low I try not to run across the street. We shop at a large grocery every three weeks or so, the shuk for produce once a week, and daily at the makolet (corner store) for bread and milk . I’ve talked with my husband about buying produce once in two weeks, but he fears we don’t have enough room.
Read more on Creative Cooking Using Leftovers: Chicken Casserole…
Mimi of Israeli Kitchen challenges readers to A Week without Shopping.
Sarah hosts the Jewish/Israeli blog carnival Haveil Havalim, from Down Under.
And Trilcat updates us on her baby’s surgery.
Tonight we begin the joyous Jewish month of Adar, during which Jews celebrate Purim to commemorate the victory described in the Book of Esther. It’s also the first anniversary of the terrorist murder of eight young yeshiva students during such a celebration. Read here about one unusual remembrance. May their memories be for a blessing.
Read more on “A Week with No Shopping” Challenge, Haveil Havalim, and More…
Commenter Ariela shares her experiences as a nursing mother of five.
This is a picture of me and my daughter Noa nursing our babies. I am combining two of my greatest pleasures, reading and breastfeeding. One of the things I love about breastfeeding it that it “allows” a busy mother of 5 to take a few minutes “off” to sit down and read.
Read more on Guest Post: Breastfeeding and the Working Mother…
Last week my son brought home instructions for a school-wide project: Each family was to prepare a mask in honor of the upcoming holiday of Purim. To continue with the environmental theme, the masks were to be made of completely recyclable materials. Here are some of the criteria:
Read more on Our Somewhat Environmental Water-Saving Purim Project…
The alon Talmei Geulat Am Yisrael always has a column about family life. As usual, this has more to do with psychology than Judaism, but the author of last week’s column, Varda Virzvinski, makes some valuable points. She is a member of the organization of Rabbinic Marriage and Family Counselors in Israel (which I have never heard of).
Via Rafi at Life in Israel.
I sometimes like to post emails that get sent out to the local community email list [Ramat Beit Shemesh] that I get a kick out of… This one was sent yesterday to the local list… and I get a kick out of it…
Read more on An Uninspiring Letter to the Women of Ramat Beit Shemesh…
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