Posts under ‘Holidays’

Someone has already messaged me privately on my cat forums to wish me a Happy New Jewish Year and mentioned that she looked at my blog and couldn’t find a good post where she could have added it as a comment. So… three days later, here’s my Rosh Hashana post! Following quite a few religious [...]

We’re finally back home! Arrived from London a few hours ago. My apologies for not updating this blog for the past couple of weeks. The reasons were purely technical – the hotel where we stayed after Vegas had no connection (in fact the entire town was offline due to a tree falling on some lines [...]

Ron didn’t want to dress up today, but this is how Dan showed up at school: Happy Purim everyone! Ahoy! Tweet This Post

As some may recall, last year I got busy planning a big trip to the US in Spring 2009. Then, with the recession and some financial losses, we decided to cancel. Well, nothing like a war to get you in the mood for travel, so I insisted, and IsraeliDad agreed, and we’ll be traveling after [...]

The week long holiday is upon us, so not a lot of time to post, but I did want to quickly share some Hannuka pictures from a couple of days ago, and pictures of our two little guests for the holiday too. First Evening of Hannuka we lit the candles at home, but as you [...]

We lit the first candle last night. Of course, we had to go searching for Hannuka candles in the evening, and the first four shops we tried simply ran out. Fortunately, the fifth still had a few packs and we were able to light our Hannukia (aka Menorah in English – not sure why, as [...]

Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Israel, of course. I think this is pretty much a North American holiday? I only know people in the US and Canada who celebrate (and even that’s not on the same dates, I believe). All that said, we have this family thing with coming up with new family traditions. Obviously, [...]

October is over, so here are a few more pictures to remember it with – This was the month of the Jewish holidays, and especially the long school holiday of Sukkot. A few more images from our travels during Sukkot. First, our trip up north to the Golan and the Upper Galillee. So, sharing a [...]

One last holiday (well, almost) for this holiday season in Israel. After Rosh Hashana (New Year’s) and Yom Kippur, we bring you… Sukkot – the holiday that gives your kids another seven days off school! Our school decided to bridge Yom Kippur and Sukkot this year, saving the kids having to come for one confusing [...]

We’ve had a very nice Yom Kippur. Totally secular and at home. Quite a few online friends have asked me about what we do during this particular holiday, so I figured I’d share here. This will not be an account of the traditional Jewish practices for Yom Kippur. I’m afraid I am not an authority [...]