Happy Holiday!

[Estherfromjerusalem]

Just wanted to wish all those who celebrate it a very happy Passover and a meaningful Seder.

I won't be on the board for about 8 days. It's the Passover festival and I shall be hosting millions of people. For the first evening and overnight and the next day, we will be 29 people (one is a baby, so only 28 at the table!!). I am a wreck from preparing my house and preparing the food.

Behave yourselves while I'm gone, please.

Love, Esther

 

[ThreeShadows]

Happy Holiday, Esther!
May your family be blessed with peace!

 

[gcvmom]

Have a wonderful holiday with your family! Despite all the stress of preparing, I hope you will enjoy every minute of the time spent together

 

[Wiped Out]

I hope you enjoy the holiday with your family. I love large families. My dad came from one and so did husband, get togethers are always so much fun but they are a lot of work. All worth it in my humble opinion.

 

[trinityroyal]

Have a very Happy Holiday, Esther.
I hope you're able to put aside the stress of preparing, and enjoy wonderful times with your family.

Trinity

 

[Fran]

Hope your holiday is peaceful for all and you enjoy your family. They have grown and blossomed over the years you have been on the site.

 

[Marguerite]

Have a blessedd celebration with your family, Esther.

Marg

 

[Lothlorien]

Have a wonderful holiday!

 

[hearts and roses]

Many blessings and peace to you and your family!

 

[Star*]

"Chag Pesach Kasher vi-Samayach".

Have a Happy and Kosher Passover -

Shalom

 

[KTMom91]

Have a wonderful holiday, Esther!

 

[lovemysons]

Happy Holiday Esther,
Love to you,
Tammy

 

[Hound dog]

A very Happy Holiday Esther. May your family be blessed with much peace, love, and happiness.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Hugs

 

[eekysign]

Chag Pesach Sameach, dear! Good luck and strength in keeping up with such a large group!

 

[Andy]

Happy Passover and Seder to you also! Do some of the 28 at the table pitch in and help serve and clean up? It is a lot of work but very much well worth it.

 

[everywoman]

Pessah sameakh Esther. I hope you get a chance with all the hostessing to enjoy your family and friends.

 

[rejectedmom]

Blessings and peace to you and yours! -RM

 

[ThreeShadows]

Okay ladies, I'm having Hebrew envy! How did you find out how to give Passover greetings in Hebrew, using the Latin alphabet?

 

[Estherfromjerusalem]

Hello everyone, I'm back and still alive!

Thank you all so much for your Passover/Pesach greetings. I got into the festival on all fours. I think this will be the last time I do it more or less alone.

Now most of them have left, some are staying until Saturday night.

Three Shadows, I haven't got a clue how they do it, but it is very cute for me to see it. Makes me smile. I think some of them who wrote in Hebrew didn't need the translation! But I can't be sure.

For those who don't know, the festival lasts eight days abroad, and seven days here in Israel. So I wish you a continued happy festival, Chag Sameach!!

Love, Esther

 

[ThreeShadows]

Esther, why is there a difference in the length of the festivities according to where you all live?

Am I right that you and yours are ashkenazi? Do you ever use sephardic recipes? I once went to Rome on a school trip with the difficult children and hoped to visit the ancient, continuously inhabited jewish quarter because I love the cuisines of this world. I believe that the cuisine of a people is an expression of their soul, as is their music. If you have any recipes from that civilization I would really love to see them. I never made it to the roman jewish quarter because of time constrictions.

I envy you your large family. Relatives can be an intrusive pain but you are bound together by memories. I am the eldest left in my maternal family and I am only 60 y.o.