Almost Stuck I’ve been here for two weeks in the US now while my family has been in Israel. After a few rebookings, I was scheduled to leave today, connecting through JFK. Then Thursday morning while I was at work just preparing to start an angiogram I received the following text message: Unbelievable! I mean,…
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Working In The US During Corona Lockdown I’m here in the US working for two weeks now, going back to Israel next week. My original return flight was connecting through San Francisco but El Al cancelled all flights from the West coast last week as they’ve been scaling back on flights. My I had…
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COVID-19 here in Israel Everyone in the world is dealing with the virus now. The US just blocked all flights from Europe and Israel is quarantining for 14 days every single person arriving in the country. I know several families here who had European vacations planned who had to cancel. Going to Europe from Israel…
Read moreDay Before Purim- CUTEST DAY EVER
Day Before Purim- CUTEST DAY EVER This year’s Purim break is monday-tuesday-wednesday of this week. So the kids all had school today, sunday. It was just a half day – they had Purim parties at school, Megillah readings, exchanged mishloach manot, and most importantly, everyone came to school in costume! And since most kids walk…
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Ma Tovu I’ve been trying to do shacharit (morning prayers) for the past few years now each morning. One of the first prayers we say is called Ma Tovu. Its most commonly translated as: How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel. The story of that prayer is that once when…
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