Holiday Recap

So we spent Succot (yes the one were we move into a "hut" for the week) with my parents in Modiin - there we are in the succah in the pic below. It was an interesting experience - being outside of Jerusalem. A couple of interesting things to note - Modiin is really pretty - everyone has amazing gardens - palm trees, flowers, citrus trees growing all around and the garbage is hidden. It is very hilly though from ground floor to our second floor apartment was almost 40 steps and then from our apartment up to the next street was another 80 steps (hence I only made it to shul about 3 times - it was in the 80 step direction and then another hill). It was also interesting spending a holiday really Israeli style and not having all the Jerusalem hotels and therefore all the American tourists around, though there was plenty of English being spoken in Modiin. Anyway, time to run and light shabbat candles - I can hear the warning siren sounding.