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Nov 26th (See this week's devar torah)
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Hi again!
A relatively calm week, all in all. Very glad we are not travelling in the USA.
So if you've been following the blog (or know us personally!), you know we do the 'thanksgiving' thing. This time around it was with the twist that for the first time, ever, the majority of people around the table were either native Hebrew speakers, or very fluent. So our conversation was an amalgam of Hebrew and English, with a phrase or so of Yiddish and a word or two of Amharic thrown in for good measure.
You see, we had invited two of my cousins (they're sisters), and their families -- all but one a native Israeli. And Sarah invited two of her roommates from National Service, one of whom is Ethiopian. Neither of those girls had ever been to a "real, American, Thanksgiving dinner", so they were excited -- I hope they weren't expecting some sort of ceremony. We did have the usual fare, though.
At some point I asked if anyone knew the history of Thanksgiving, and of course Sarah's friends didn't. But even those who did know, really didn't seem to know the details. So I expounded a bit on the history, as well as on the halachic questions raised in the American Jewish communities about whether or not T-day is kosher, and gave a reason of my own why we can be thankful. At least nobody fell asleep while I was talking...
A few weeks back, my Mom had talked about "chopped liver" -- and thus the idea was implanted in my brain that I should make some. So I did -- real, seriously cholesterol-rich, myocardial-infarction inducing Ashkenazi chopped-liver. It was surprisingly well received.
Daniela went to Virginia with one of her friends, to spend the holiday vacation. We know she arrived, but haven't heard yet how it was to spend the holiday in such an historic location.
The big news (besides my slaving over the hot stove), was my releasing the first release of the Mishne Torah Translation Project. At this point, only the "introduction" is released. So far, the feedback has been very positive; I hope to attract a few more people to assist in the hard work of translation. Volunteers?
This time we've got one of Sarah's friends over for shabbat, and during the day we'll have one of our friends over. On the menu: vegetable-barley soup, eggplant casserole, spicy kohlrabi, homemade Hallah, lentil soup, pumpkin cake and of course t-day leftovers (turkey, chopped liver, stuffing, rice, pumpkin pie, brownies). Whew!
Until next week,
shabbat shalom!
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