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Ah, Mayor Ron, this stroke of 'genius' may cost you the election when your term is up...

I ended up going and had a better time than I thought.

Here is Barchi Nafshi:

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And here is Chad Gadyah, performed by Cantors Alberto Mizrahi and Jackie Mendelson:

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They had about 70 cantors from the US and Canada come and while most of the songs were in Hebrew, there were a couple that were a mix of Hebrew and English and one song each in Russian ( Read more... )

An update on the babysitting issue:

TC came home at 9:20.... it's almost 10:30 and the family hasn't called her or the house.

Needless to say my girls will be making sure to have a cab there and back in all future jobs that are across town.

SR agreed to babysit for someone who lives on the other side of town. This family doesn't have a car ( Read more... )

Poor NS... he's had pretty bad diarrhea since Thursday afternoon. I've gone through all his onsies, he goes through 2-3 pairs of pants a day and I've even had to wash his sheets ( Read more... )

So tomorrow night is an Oneg Shabbat and since it's actually in the neighborhood (and we'll have babysitters), I want to go.. whether Zach will go is a different story as he's off to the Negev this afternoon with one of our neighbors to do some astronomy stuff and he has this plan to catch dawn at the Dead Sea... and then he has to have the rental ( Read more... )

One of the many reasons I'm glad we moved to Ariel...

From our email list:

At Shvut Ariel, hakafot and dancing during maariv and shaharit.Before musaf, there is usually a decent 'kiddusha rabbah' - more details to follow. Kids are encouraged to dance with parents, and get the communal aliyah followed by loot bags. What kind of activity might you ( Read more... )

Roasted pumpkin soup
chicken pot pie (chicken has been cooked and shredded)
stuffed cabbage and meatballs
rice
chicken schnitzels
duck sauce
spinach kugel
carrot kugel
roasted potatoes (sweet potatoes and white)
challah
Mexican brownies
pineapple upside down cakegreen salad ( Read more... )

After a very stressful 3 weeks, we just signed a lease on a duplex in Ariel ( Read more... )