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June 13th (See this week's devar torah)
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This week was very busy, but not a lot to report. First, it was a short week: Sunday was erev shavuot, so we had to get ready for yom-tov immediately after shabbat. The yom-tov itself was very quiet; especially since we didn't hear my alarm in the morning, and so missed going to shul for shacharit services. Unusual, that; I almost always wake up early in the morning even without an alarm -- I guess we needed the sleep.
Because of the yom-tov, our contractors didn't work the first two days of the week; nevertheless, the floor tiles are mostly in place on the first floor. The contractor informs me the kitchen will arrive next week (that is, the kitchen cabinets) and he might have the downstairs "done" end of next week. That would be nice, indeed, as we are moving the end of June no matter whether or not they've finished all the work.
We also have been looking for clothes closets for a while; and because they're expensive and because we knew we were moving, we never took the plunge and bought any. So we've been living out of our moving boxes (literally) since last August. But no more! This week we ordered closets from Ra`am and in a few weeks (at most a month) we'll have proper closets in which to hang up our clothes. The closets from Ra`am are cheaper and nicer than most of the other ones we've seen, and they even do custom sizes if necessary.
In preparation for my upcoming trip to India, I took a few immunizations (Hepatitis A and B, Tetanus) and got prophylactic drugs against malaria. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?!? I also need to get a visa to enter India, and as it turns out, it's considerably less expensive for me to use my Israeli passport than it is to use my American one! I guess they assume all Americans are rich. In any case, filling out the forms is an exercise in patience -- all this time, I thought Israeli bureaucracy was bad! The Indians are even worse than we are...
Daniela's done with school now (Sarah's done next week), so she's staying at home (finally, yeah!). We look forward to hearing her divrey torah now that she's had a year's education at seminary. But mostly we look forward to engaging in mutually beneficial discourse with the fruits of our first successful procreative venture. She knows what I mean...
Shabbat shalom!
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