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Yet another very busy week! We managed to do more work on the kitchen, a fair amount of gardening, cleaned (most) downstairs windows and replaced screens on some of them as well as the screen-door. Did a ton more shopping and now, I’m happy to say, the “worst” is over!

Those of you who’ve known us for some time know we enjoy our wine. We’ve got friends who are ''far'' more particular about the wines they consume, but [https://kosherwineunfiltered.com/2025/04/08/seder-2025/ this fellow] has a whole post about what wines he’ll use for which of the four cups of the ''seder''. I’m not that finicky, but I refuse to drink the syrup sold as “kiddush wine”!

We’ll have friends staying with us for ''shabbat'' and ''yom-ṭov'': two couples from out of town. So getting the accommodations in order has taken up some portion of our energies. I think we’re done; but if not, well, the guests will just have to suck it up!

Among the wilds:
* The [https://magenyehudi.substack.com/p/the-four-conversations-about-zionism four conversations] about Zionism (Dealing with Schroedinger's Zionist).
* Uri on the [https://urikurlianchik.substack.com/p/the-quantum-history-of-palestine Quantum History of Palestine]. And another Uri on [https://urikurlianchik.substack.com/p/the-man-who-killed-10001-people-with the man who killed 10001] people.
* Gen-Z are discovering [https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/lifestyle/gen-z-coffee-lovers-discover-new-way-to-combat-insane-java-prices-with-new-home-cafe-trend/ it’s possible to make your own coffee].
* Townsends: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XxU5lc3co “a pound of meat”] - soldiers’ rations in the 1700s.
* Pat Condell is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0D3FR9J4vk laughing at the lady-men].

The Trump Tariffs are on! Wait, no, the tariffs are off! Aargh, we don’t know anything!!! However, one guy wonders if [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1908636285759021563.html the tariffs might not be good for Israel] in that they might cause our food monopolies to break up or be competitive. One can hope.

Doves decided to become intimate in our entrance, above the electric cabinet. So we emplaced spikes to dissuade their romance, but they found another nesting place. We then had to [https://ronware.org/img/trex.jpeg bring out the big guns]. So far, it seems to be working!

We had planned on eating ''shabbat'' meals outside so we could have the ''seder'' table set up and ready; and also, to keep ''ḥametz'' out of our house for the first two meals of ''shabbat''. However, it looks like the weather will be uncooperative: cold and possibly drizzly. So we’re uncertain what we’ll do, but food ''will'' be involved.

This ''shabbat'' is ''erev-pesaḥ''; so we’ve got ''shabbat'', and immediately afterwards the ''seder''. So on the menu:
 
For ''shabbat'': 
''pita'',
chicken soup,
meatballs and rice,
''gefilte'' fish,
baked fish,
BBQ chicken,
broccoli ''kugel'',
various salatim,
and cookies.

For the ''seder'': 
''matzah''!,
lots of wine!!,
two kinds of ''ḥaroset'',
[https://www.food.com/recipe/huevos-haminados-sephardic-jewish-style-eggs-317802 ''huevos haminados''],
''gravlax'',
''seder'' vegetables,
baked chicken,
roasted beef with carrot ''tzimmes'',
roasted carrots,
roasted beets,
potato ''kugel'',
and various desserts.

 

Until next time, 
''shabbat shalom'' and ''ḥag pesaḥ kasher vesameaḥ''! 

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