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Hi again!

Last week I mentioned we got a new table -- here's my report: The table is fantastic! It's big enough to seat guests comfortably, it's rock-solid, and it even looks nice. Thanks for asking! Only two noticeable flaws: first, there is a decorative "band" around the table made of applied stone 'tiles'. One of the tiles is broken. One of the chairs has legs not of the same length, so it wobbles. However, the chairs are (at least for now) extremely sturdy, and far more comfortable than the folding metal chairs we were using before. The one design flaw in the table is that the top slides open (to extend it), but there is no latch to keep it from sliding. So today b"n I'll attach a latch to the underside of the table to keep it from sliding when someone leans on it.

Esther's mother arrived yesterday, and will be staying for a bit over a month. She had a long flight in from Buenos Aires, and arrived safely and in good shape. Since this is her first time in Israel, we'll have to give her "the tour" like we did for my mother. Can't play favorites...

The weather here is starting to cool down. The sky is overcast and we might even get some rain sometime over the next couple days.

We are trying to brine our olives (from our trees). The olives we put in to "soak" for the past two weeks have changed colors, and we're hoping they are ok and don't have worms. We have to do a bit more research on the whole olive-brining process, I think.

This coming week is Rosh Hashanah -- so shopping for last-minute shabbat supplies was a bit like contact-sports. Especially at the fishmonger. One woman was yelling at the fishmonger -- screaming, actually -- that she's was waiting for an hour, and why didn't he have her order ready yet? I was going to mention to her that the forty other people in line may be the reason her order was taking time ... And speaking of 'contact sports', my doctor told me I should avoid contact sports for the near term. I didn't have the heart to tell him I've been avoiding contact sports since high-school!

In Israeli news: the [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221745564761&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull people have spoken]. Well, actually, less than half a percent of the people have spoken -- and chose Tzippy Livni as the head of the "Kadima" party (Olmert's party). I'm not sure it's an improvement over Olmert, but at least it's a change. We'll see if she's able to pull together a governing coalition.

Until next week,<br>
Shabbat shalom and Shanah Tovah!

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 Other than that, we took my mother-in-law on a short trip today to {{wiki|Masada}}, which she enjoyed.  The view was really spectacular today, as the weather has blown away haze, and it was not too hot there.  What was interesting to me was the tourists: there were tour groups in German, Spanish, French, English and Korean.
-In local news: there are elections here on Nov 11th, and there are three people running for mayor of Maaleh Adummim.  I actually have met one of them (the vice-mayor, Boris Grossman).  The current mayor, Benny Kashriel (whom I almost met) is also running, as is someone whose name I don't know from the "Social Justice" party.  It seems to me that Benny is doing a fine job; but I don't really know the "ins and outs" of M"A politics.  So today I started to poll people at random: the results for today, Benny 1, Boris 1, SJ 0.  I only asked two people, but hopefully I'll be able to give you an "election update" with more data points next week...
+In local news: there are elections here on Nov 11th, and there are three people running for mayor of Maaleh Adummim.  I actually have met one of them (the vice-mayor, Boris Grossman).  The current mayor, Benny Kashriel (whom I almost met) is also running, as is someone whose name I don't know from the "[http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/547/022.html Social Justice]" party.  It seems to me that Benny is doing a fine job; but I don't really know the "ins and outs" of M"A politics.  So today I started to poll people at random: the results for today, Benny 1, Boris 1, SJ 0.  I only asked two people, but hopefully I'll be able to give you an "election update" with more data points next week...
 Now that the "shemitta year" is over, we want to get a real gardener to come and take care of our trees and prune them properly (and advise us how to best take care of them ourselves).  But now that shemitta is over, we have to worry about ''terumoth and ma`aseroth'' (various tithes).

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		+	Not a lot to report this week; the "High Holidays" started on Monday night, so the week pretty much revolved around preparations-for and execution-of Rosh Hashana.
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		+	The weather turned very pleasant -- we even got rain here in Maaleh Adummim over shabbat! -- and the holidays were spent in the usual manner.
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		+	Other than that, we took my mother-in-law on a short trip today to {{wiki\|Masada}}, which she enjoyed. The view was really spectacular today, as the weather has blown away haze, and it was not too hot there. What was interesting to me was the tourists: there were tour groups in German, Spanish, French, English and Korean.
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		+	In local news: there are elections here on Nov 11th, and there are three people running for mayor of Maaleh Adummim. I actually have met one of them (the vice-mayor, Boris Grossman). The current mayor, Benny Kashriel (whom I almost met) is also running, as is someone whose name I don't know from the "Social Justice" party. It seems to me that Benny is doing a fine job; but I don't really know the "ins and outs" of M"A politics. So today I started to poll people at random: the results for today, Benny 1, Boris 1, SJ 0. I only asked two people, but hopefully I'll be able to give you an "election update" with more data points next week...
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		+	Now that the "shemitta year" is over, we want to get a real gardener to come and take care of our trees and prune them properly (and advise us how to best take care of them ourselves). But now that shemitta is over, we have to worry about ''terumoth and ma`aseroth'' (various tithes).
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		+	Sarah has a "shabbat-in-school" this week. The girls stay at school, and have a communal shabbat there. She's not ''really'' excited to go, but she'll probably have a good time despite her misgivings. Hopefully the food won't be "icky" and she'll have good report to bring us tomorrow night.