Ilana and I have been in full swing getting ready for pesach. We will be keeping two days of yom tov so that makes it a three day chag for us here. For Shabbat and the first seder we will be at a friend in Har Nof (one town over from where we live) and then we will walk back to our apartment and host a second seder. We ordered most of the food and will fill in the rest as needed. By the way, pesach food is just as expensive in Israel. Then we hope to have a fun filled chol hamoed (comment if you have any fun suggestions) before we trek out to the desert. Ofakim is out there though highly spiritual. We will be celebrating with Ilana's sister and her family but staying in her cousin's house.
Today I went matza baking in Jerusalem. It was a very intense 3 hours but it was actually quite fun. People kept shouting "L'shem matzos mitzva!!" (declaration of intent before performance of the mitzva) Instructions were barked around the room as if you were on the deck of a ship. The best way I could describe the experience is organized chaos. Things were flying everywhere but we were being extremely efficient. I was essentially in charge of the cleaning of the tables. It doesn't sound like a very important job but rest assured, your matza would not be kosher without me. The picture is the finished product.
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