Hope all of you are having a grand Pesach Holiday or just a grand week for my non-Jewish readers. Pesach in the Holy Land has been wonderful. We had a great Seder in Israel (Click here to find out why we do two Seders outside of Israel and just one in Israel, there is more of reason than making it easier on family dynamics). Seder was at Arielle's cousins house in Jerusalem. We started the Seder at 8:00 PM and it lasted until 1:30 AM. Though a marathon, the Seder was very spirited. We read the entire haggadah in Hebrew, and had interesting conversations from why Moses is not mentioned in the Haggadah to how much time is allotted to eat the first piece of Matzah after the blessing (four minutes was the consesus).
Seder was wonderful though I did miss being home and with my family (get points for saying that!). And for those who asked, we still say "Next Year in Jerusalem," though under my breath I did say "same time, same place."
Another really cool experience was walking home from Seder at 1:30 AM, and seeing many other people doing the same thing and saying "chag sameach-- Happy Passover." I did see some stumbling Jews, I'm guessing they are light-weights from those four cups of wine.
So now we are on Passover vacation... It has been great hanging out with Arielle's mom in Jerusalem, spent the past couple of days exploring J'lem (including the biblical zoo, relaxing by the pool, and playing tennis next to the Foreign Minister of Israel-- Avigdor Lieberman) . Tomorrow we are off to Jordan and Southern Israel for four days, with a trip to Petra, Wadi Rum, and Eilat. Update of our adventures will follow!
Hope life is rolling for all of you and those bowels are moving...
Take it easy,
ERBP
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment