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Ra’anana Ramblings: Purim ponderings

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And the junk food frenzy - otherwise known as the Purim holiday - has begun. The kids and the husband all came home from school/work bearing mishloach manot. Aside from the odd bag of raisins, it was all JUNK, giving…

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Yeah, I'm jealous

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Our neighbors are on vacation this week. Yes, the week before Pesach starts. They’re chilling out in London and Paris. While they’re away, their cleaning lady scrubbed the house from top to bottom, and yesterday she did…

What's the opposite of snowed in?

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Heated in? We’re stuck indoors today, as there is a wicked sharav (scorchingly hot, dry, wind) happening outside today. The kids are still on their Purim break from school and I thought we’d head over to the park…

Richer and poorer

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How many of us know what it’s like to be poor? This post will really make you stop and think about what it’s like not to have enough of anything. Reading about the day-to-day aspects of poverty (especially for children)…

Breakfast of champions?

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When my sibs and I were kids, my mother never, and I mean NEVER, bought sugary cereal. For our schoolday breakfasts we usually chose from the less sugary Cornflakes, original-yellow-box-Cheerios, Chex, or Wheaties. I…