This year, one of our neighbors was away and offered us their Sukkah, which we happily borrowed and built downstairs in addition to the small Sukkah on our Mirpeset [balcony]. Although we had to walk the two flights down, it was nice to have a Sukkah big enough for the entire family to eat around the table (and room for guests) for the Shabbos and Yom Tov meals.
Fay was able to get some pictures with the kids in their new Yom Tov outfits on Wednesday afternoon, Erev Succos
The kids and I still manage to sleep in the upstairs Sukkah, but we have to rotate nights of "sleeping with Abba". Elazar doesn't quite understand the concept of "rotating" so he has been sleeping in the Sukkah every night while Elisheva and Ezra do the rotating (Noam even slept in the Sukkah on the first night)
On Friday the kids and I took the #2 bus and went to the "giant slide" park in Ezras HaTorah. On the way back we stopped off and visited Rav Azarya Berzon who was in Har Nof for Succos. He sent regards from Uncle Josh and Aunt Lisa from Kew Gardens Hills where he is teaching this year at Lander College.
Motzai Shabbos, Elisheva and Abba attended a Bat Mitzvah of some friends in the neighborhood, a nice family from Passaic, NJ, who are having a trial year in Israel with the hopes to make Aliyah. Afterward we went to the Derech Etz Chaim Simchas Beit HaShoava with Yehudah Katz from Reva LaSheva at the Rosh Yeshiva's Sukkah
On Sunday we entertained our friends the Zeevi (nee Fox) family who usually invite us to their Sukkah every year, so we were delighted to return the favor. Cousin Julius happened to be in Jerusalem (he went to Birkas Cohanim earlier in the morning) and joined us for lunch with the Zeevis
Elisheva and Ezra joined me Sunday night for the Simchas Beit HaShoava with the Bostoner Rebbe at the Boston Shul, as well as a 10th Yahrtzeit Shiur for R' Aharon Soloveichik in the Sukkah of one of our neighbors.
Monday Abba went to visit his Rebbeim, Rav Romm and Rav Koenigsberg, in the neighborhood, but only Noam wanted to go "bye-bye".
The rest of the kids were too absorbed in their "purchases" from their 50 NIS Sukkos shopping spree with Ima at the toy store earlier that morning. Later that night Abba went with our neighbor Mr. Berko to Rav Geldtzailer's Simchas Beit HaShoava. We were hoping Julius would be there but I guess he had gone back to Beitar where he is staying until early December
Tuesday, Elisheva had some of her friends from Sneef [Jewish youth group] as part of their "Sukkah Hop". We hope to fill you in with more happenings after Simchas Torah...
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