This has been the year of Minecraft! Eitan’s birthday party and Purim costume were all based on the legendary game. It has been all the talk in our house for months and…
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It’s after Pesach now, so I guess it’s time for a Purim post! Eitan chose the theme this year: Frozen! More specifically, Olaf. We decided to dress up as Anna, Kristoff, and…
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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…