Archive for 'Jewish' Category
The End of the Rainbow
1 April 2010When we left Van Nuys, our stated destination was Rainbow’s End, the headquarters park of the Escapees RV Club. Yesterday, we arrived at the end of the rainbow.
We’ve been here in Conroe, Texas, at the Conroe Condo, since last Friday, and after much preparation and work, had two Passover Seders. I did almost all the [...]
I Like Purim a Lot
28 February 2010Today is Purim, the Jewish holiday celebrating the events of the Book of Esther. There are four mitzvot associated with Purim:
Hear the reading of the Megillah — The Book of Esther.
Give Charity
Give gifts of food
Eat, Drink and be Merry (I like this one :)
Challah!
26 February 2010The Succah is Up!
3 October 2009It was touch and go for a while, but we got the Succah set up on Friday, Erev Succos. Here are photos.
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Birchas Ha Chamah — The Blessing of the Sun
9 April 2009If you haven’t had your head under a religious rock these past few months, you’ve encountered the buzz about the Blessing of the Sun, which takes place every 28 years. A good explanation of this can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkat_Hachama
We went to Birchat HaChama on the beach in Boca Raton, FL.  The event was co-organized [...]
Mumbai Tragedy
28 November 2008The situation in Mumbai doesn’t seem to have worked out as we had hoped. I was reading reports and holding out a bit of faith and hope, until I read “Boruch Dayan Emes” on CrownHeights.Info. That is a very final phrase. It literally means, “Blessed is the true judge”, and expresses the Jewish belief that [...]
Passover Week
27 April 2008Hi Folks,
Last week, we were in Florida for Passover.
We got into Ft. Lauderdale Airport on Friday night about 10 PM. Flights were uneventful (thank G-d) and my folks picked us up. Delray Beack is about 45 miles north of FLL airport, so we drove back, hit the IHOP for some late night food, and then [...]
Purim in Las Vegas
22 March 2008On Thursday night, we went to Chabad of Southern Nevada for Purim. The Megilla (Scroll of Esther) was read quite well, and there was much noise made at the mention of the name of the hated Haman.
On Friday I went back for the morning davening (prayer) and second reading. At this point, I expected a [...]
Finished a Needlework Project
14 March 2008Some of you may know that I like to Cross-Stitch. In fact, I just finished Shabbos-Lady, and I’m including a photo of it, before blocking and mounting, here.
I went into the needlework store, and the lady showed me some needlepoint stitches, and I decided to give it a try. Since I wanted to learn the [...]
My trip to Phoenix (another Chanukah Posting)
16 December 2007I went to Phoenix, Arizona to participate in a 2008 planning meeting for my company. I flew Southwest from and back to San Jose. In this case, the air travel was blessedly uneventful and comfortable. I think Southwest is getting it right.
Since this was the last two nights of Chanukah, I brought my menorah to [...]