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Holiday prep
Oct. 9th, 2003 10:38 amMonday was Yom Kippur. Tomorrow night starts Sukkot [0]. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that ideas of doing mostly vacationy, excursion-like things have given way to more tasks, errands, and chores, though with a much healthier dose of socializing than I'd manage during a regular work week :-).
I just put up the s'chach [1] for my sukkah [2], so it is as done as it was last year, with only one bit of splinter. I would like to put up a sun block, and perhaps make some decorations (drawing on fabric), but that's all gravy, though much-wanted gravy. Oh, and rearrange the plants and such on the porch, so I can maximize the chairs out there.
Yesterday I bought my lulav [3] and etrog [4]. I bought them at the only place I know to buy one in the state, at the Israel Bookstore. The sets of four species are priced depending on which etrog you buy, and the rest is thrown in, as it were. Being frugal, I tend to look at the cheapest ones, which this year were $40. As usual, I was the only woman there, which doesn't bother me, per se, but I always wonder where the other women buying their lulav and etrog are (I suspect they get them through their shuls, or their husbands get them, or something.). After I'd chosen a pretty etrog without blemishes and a nice pitom [5], I found myrtle that had the leaves sprouting in threes from the main stem, and a straight palm with the tip intact. For some weird reason, there are no particular things to look for in willow branches.
The next major holiday preparation is the food, for which I have to do some shopping. Still, that's much more manageable, being something I do a lot more frequently. I had a request for fish, and so I decided to make dairy food this weekend. Still, since we're likely eating outside, a nice thick pea soup to start, so it won't matter as much if the main dish is cold. Ah, logistics...
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I just put up the s'chach [1] for my sukkah [2], so it is as done as it was last year, with only one bit of splinter. I would like to put up a sun block, and perhaps make some decorations (drawing on fabric), but that's all gravy, though much-wanted gravy. Oh, and rearrange the plants and such on the porch, so I can maximize the chairs out there.
Yesterday I bought my lulav [3] and etrog [4]. I bought them at the only place I know to buy one in the state, at the Israel Bookstore. The sets of four species are priced depending on which etrog you buy, and the rest is thrown in, as it were. Being frugal, I tend to look at the cheapest ones, which this year were $40. As usual, I was the only woman there, which doesn't bother me, per se, but I always wonder where the other women buying their lulav and etrog are (I suspect they get them through their shuls, or their husbands get them, or something.). After I'd chosen a pretty etrog without blemishes and a nice pitom [5], I found myrtle that had the leaves sprouting in threes from the main stem, and a straight palm with the tip intact. For some weird reason, there are no particular things to look for in willow branches.
The next major holiday preparation is the food, for which I have to do some shopping. Still, that's much more manageable, being something I do a lot more frequently. I had a request for fish, and so I decided to make dairy food this weekend. Still, since we're likely eating outside, a nice thick pea soup to start, so it won't matter as much if the main dish is cold. Ah, logistics...
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