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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 415659" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Star, you are so funny! Purim was last week, it is a really interesting festival, based on the Book of Esther and that story. It involves a lot of celebrations, a lot of noise, fancy dress, and a real carnival atmosphere, ending in a very lavish meal (what else? all our festivals involve eating!!!).</p><p></p><p>Now we are getting ready for Pessach -- Passover -- and we have to spring-clean our homes really well, and it is such a headache and drives all of us mad, but in the end we have a lovely clean home and we celebrate coming out of bondage in Egypt etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>With the enormous family that I have (eight children, six of them married) we have a logistical problem how many will come each time. We do NOT have room for all of them at one go to sit around the table, since we are now over 40 people. We are at the moment deliberating who will come for the first day of Passover, including of course the first night which is the seder meal in which we tell about the Exodus from Egypt with all sorts of symbolic foods. So far I have one son with his wife and five children, one daughter with her husband and six children, one unmarried son. Two others are still deliberating, and I shall have to ask neighbours to let them sleep there because I DO NOT HAVE ROOM FOR ALL OF THEM!!! You can see that I am already getting hysterical about Passover coming near!! Heeelp!</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p><p></p><p>PS. Star, I am waiting for you to come and visit me here in Israel. I know that within a couple of days you will be speaking Hebrew fluently!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 415659, member: 77"] Star, you are so funny! Purim was last week, it is a really interesting festival, based on the Book of Esther and that story. It involves a lot of celebrations, a lot of noise, fancy dress, and a real carnival atmosphere, ending in a very lavish meal (what else? all our festivals involve eating!!!). Now we are getting ready for Pessach -- Passover -- and we have to spring-clean our homes really well, and it is such a headache and drives all of us mad, but in the end we have a lovely clean home and we celebrate coming out of bondage in Egypt etc. etc. With the enormous family that I have (eight children, six of them married) we have a logistical problem how many will come each time. We do NOT have room for all of them at one go to sit around the table, since we are now over 40 people. We are at the moment deliberating who will come for the first day of Passover, including of course the first night which is the seder meal in which we tell about the Exodus from Egypt with all sorts of symbolic foods. So far I have one son with his wife and five children, one daughter with her husband and six children, one unmarried son. Two others are still deliberating, and I shall have to ask neighbours to let them sleep there because I DO NOT HAVE ROOM FOR ALL OF THEM!!! You can see that I am already getting hysterical about Passover coming near!! Heeelp! Love, Esther PS. Star, I am waiting for you to come and visit me here in Israel. I know that within a couple of days you will be speaking Hebrew fluently! [/QUOTE]
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