Shavuot

[xiphias]

As a good portion of my friends list is aware, it's the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. On Shavuot, one eats dairy foods, and, ideally, stays up all night studying Torah. I didn't manage to do this, 'cause I was tired.

Lis and I managed to move back into our apartment yesterday!

Okay, the place is still a mess, but it's almost marginally habitable. The downstairs isn't, and won't be for months. But we've got our bed back, which is REAL nice.

Temple B'Nai Brith, where I teach Hebrew School, and the Tremont Street Shul, where like 80% of my friends go, decided to do stuff together this year. There was a dinner at TBB, with some study sessions, and then, at 9:00, everyone who wanted to could troop over to Tremont Street to continue studying until five in the morning, and then go back to TBB for breakfast, and morning prayers.

The only part I showed up for was the dinner, and helping run the kids' stuff at TBB during the study sessions. Then I just went home instead of going over to Tremont Street.

None of my friends from Tremont showed up at TBB, which disappointed me. I'd hoped to see folks.

The kids' program I helped with was fun. It reminded me of the birthday hunts which my family does.

Each team of kids got a clue. The clue led to a second clue, which led on and on, seventeen clues in all. The point of it was mainly to have fun running through the shul and seeing all sorts of weird corners and bits that you wouldn't otherwise see, but at the end, everyone did get a little bouncy ball. But the point was the doing of it, not the getting of the prize. And the kids had a total blast.

Then there was ice cream.

Comments

[ellettra.livejournal.com]

you did better than i did. i didn't even make it to temple at all. i did, however, eat plenty of dairy food and i stayed up until i fell asleep studying. i really wanted to go this morning but after all the dairy food yesterday my tummy was in no shape for being in public. :)

glad you're back into your own bed!!! what a relief for you!!

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on getting home again home again, jiggety-jig! :-)

Tigerlily was a wee bit tired to do late night study last night. I was a bit tired myself, and for that matter have been generally staying close to her when possible.

[cellio]

Congrats on getting to go home!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

None of my friends from Tremont showed up at TBB, which disappointed me. I'd hoped to see folks.

:-( I know. Part of the reason I'd hoped to go over there, too, was figuring you'd be involved in it. But I was running this low-grade fever all weekend, and didn't even end up going to much of the tikun by us.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I'd kind of guessed that you wouldn't be there what with the infection and all, but I was still hoping to see Sarah, Lauren, Gilly, folks like that. . . I was still hoping for a miraculous cure for you, too, to see you and maybe Tiger Boy, but I wasn't expecting it.