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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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 saw some artwork and absolutely fell in love with the idea, but not the price. I also wanted the colors to be slightly different. Eitan has requested a blue room after…
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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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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…
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Chanukah is about so much more than presents and food. This sermon, in particular, struck a chord with me this year as we navigate visiting Christian relatives with our impressionable two year…
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I hate throwing away my lulav and etrog. It always seems so wasteful and sad. Almost an acknowledgement that fall is over and winter is coming. Of course, because the holidays are…
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I try to do a project with Eitan every once in a while. Primarily because his whole day shouldn’t revolve around truck-play. But also because if it did I would I think…
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I made a lot of progress on our Sukkah last year, primarily because we replaced the brown tarps with custom-sewn white cloth walls (a gift from my parents). This year, I wanted…