Slice Of Life
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Sweet Signs Of Creativity!
What makes a creative mom like me smile? A sweet little sign of a creative soul on behalf of my eight year old son, who rather than just writing some important phone numbers on a slip of paper, made some small works of art to put on the fridge. Even better, this was a complete…
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Snowy Days In Northern Israel……
The large snow storm that started last Thursday night, and lasted until Shabbat afternoon left our mountain top town covered in a very thick blanket of snow that was (and still is) breathtakingly beautiful and very uncharacteristic for us. We fortunately had heat and an amazing front row view as the snow fell, while others…
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Snowed In….Really and Truly!
Always good to have a crocheted ear warmer on hand, isn’t it? You can find the pattern to the one my daughter (wearing a nightgown) is modeling, here. Here we are literally stuck in the snow, but fortunately in the comfort of our warm homes, so all is well. An unprecedented amount of snow has…
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An Eleven Year Old’s First Birthday Cake For Her Father!
I am one proud and happy mama, on account of my eleven year old daughter’s desire to make a birthday cake for her father, and the confidence that allowed her to do it without any supervision from mom, infact I wasn’t even home for most of the production! My husband’s birthday is on the first…
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A Trip To The Orthodontist In The Golan Heights!
A view of the top of the Kinneret (Lake Tiberius) from Moshav Ramot, Western Golan Heights Who would have thought that a visit to the orthodontist would mean getting acquainted with a gorgeous moshav on the western border of the Golan Heights? Not me. Don’t orthodontists see patients in city offices? Here in Israel, one…
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A Visit To Rachel’s Tomb On The Busiest Day Of The Year!
Historic images of the gravesite of Rachel Today is the memorial anniversary for Rachel Imeinu, affectionately referred to as Mama Rachel. While the Jewish people have more than one mother, Rachel, on account of the trials and tribulations she faced during her life has become the universal Jewish mother, the one that a person would…
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The Holy City Of Hebron, And The Gravesite Of Our Forefathers And Mothers
Today is the yahrzheit, hillula, (the memorial anniversary of the day of passing) of our dear Rachel Imeinu, one of the mothers of the Jewish people. Sooooooo, just like last year, my daughter and I boarded a bus for an 18 hour trip which encompassed all four holy cities in Israel, and included a visit…
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A Great Light Is Extinguished In The Darkest Jewish Month
We are now in the Jewish month of Cheshvan, considered “the dark month” on account of the fact that it is the only month on the Jewish calender that has no holy days. To add to this darkness, just an hour ago we heard the news that the great Jewish leader Rav Ovadia Yosef, has…
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Salad Days……
Why are you taking a picture of that? My daughter asks? Well, I need some material for my blog, and this is what I have to show for myself at the moment. A nice healthy salad, packed with nutritious veggies! (Spinach, baby greens, avocado, grated carrot, onion, mushrooms, red cabbage… delicious!) Summer is a great…
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Cheesecake From A Neighbor For Shavuos!
The Jewish holiday of Shavuos will start here in Israel in another four hours or so, and I really hadn’t planned to get back on the computer and post anything…..that is until a neighbor’s daughter knocked on our door with the beautiful little sampling of cheesecakes and blintzes, and of course I just had to…
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Today Is Holocaust Remembrance Day.
This year I am choosing not to post an image, as no photo can communicate the horrific nature of the injustice referred to as The Shoah. Shoah means catastrophe, great calamity. It is used by some (and universally here in Israel) to refer to what is know as The Holocaust, as the word holocaust has misleading religious implications. (Holocaust is…