I typically choose a children’s book to inspire our Purim costumes. Last year, I chose “A Tale of Five Balloons” which is a well-known Israeli book. We included my parents to get…
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I am a big fan of Purim. So big, in fact, that I always coordinate my mishloach manot theme with our costume theme. Unfortunately, now that my son has opinions, he gets…
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I’m planning early this year! Last year, I was really on top of kashering, but I wasn’t thrilled with how much we included Eitan in the seder. It’s really hard to have…
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Purim is one of my favorite holidays. I love the silliness combined with the serious aspect of tzedakah and gifts for friends. I also love to choose a theme and run it…
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So what do we do??? Nothing is open. It’s not a holiday for us. Covid continues to prevent our eating out, and the idea of going into Brookline to get kosher Chinese…
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I have counted the omer in completion one time. It was back in 2016, the year Rich and I traveled with my parents to Israel. I thought that it would be super…
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I think this may be the last year I get to choose the theme. I also think this may be the last year we have a small crowd. I tried to enjoy…
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I can honestly say I don’t like setting the seder table. There’s just too much stuff and I forget something every year. One year it was roasting the beitzah, which was very…
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It is so hard to plan an adult birthday party! Kids birthday parties are so easy and fun. Choose and theme and go to town! But what kind-of theme can you choose…
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I’m posting this after Passover, which shows how crazy life has been. I so enjoyed designing these mishloach manot, however, that I wanted to be sure they were documented! I chose a…