This Passover was
already going to mark a major difference for us: for the first time since they
were married in 2000, Dina and Aaron planned to spend the first part of the
week-long holiday in Baltimore. But we were happy to be planning to spend the
first days in Sharon with Simmie and Ronen and the girls.
The first days of
this holiday are the major part, the time when families gather for the at-home
service known as a Seder (say-dare). It is full of song and ritual
foods and can be quite an enjoyable evening if you are not under the weather or
not too exhausted from the extensive preparations.
As they say, people
plan and Gd laughs….and, unfortunately, I have had a rather stubborn respiratory
infection that forced us to rethink those plans and opt for a very quiet
holiday here in New York. We had prepared our house because we had planned all
along to come back here for the second half of the holiday. But it was a bit
lower key than we would have liked. Simmie and Ronen had, fortunately, invited
other company so they were still able to have a more joyous couple of days.
Of course, even this disappointment
is much better than the level of “excitement” we had five years ago or forty
years ago. But it was the right decision to make, because I am still not completely
back up to speed.
Hopefully things will
look brighter a week from now. We do plan to be in Sharon because we have
tickets to take Julia and Ella to “Sesame Street Live” up in Providence on the
23rd.
Enjoy the warm
weather!
Love,
Rebecca
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