Birthday Wishes

Today's my birthday

Thanks for all the birthday wishes I know you're thinking of right now. You're all so sweet, yes even you Mr. Talmud. So what's new?

Friday was spent almost entirely at the Shuk in Jerusalem, I bought some interesting dried fruits and they will serve as snacks for our family's trek down to Eilat and Petra tomorrow. Friday night services was spent at the Great Synagogue, it was nice listening to the choir and cantor, my dad enjoyed it considerably less...but you know how dads are. We then dined at the Prima Royale.

Recently I've considered becoming a Kosher Food Critic, professionally. Or maybe just as a hobby. The Prima Royale dining hall was on floor -3, an appropriate floor for the quality of food they served. Great salad bar, and soup....less great main course, and then an abominal excuse for dessert. It was a nice time though, I was blessed by my parents for the first time since August, so that was very nice too. Shabbat morning we attended Shira Chadasha, an orthdox synagogue in the German Colony. It's a very pleasent service. One of my friends came with us to shul and we were invited to one of NATIV's coordinator substitutes, while the main coordinator is off getting his marriage on. 

It was a lovely lunch, started with hummus and salad and babagenoush (sp?)

The second course was sweet potatoes, rice with zuchinni, and chicken thigh leg combos cooked in a fruit sauce. It was all very tasty. For dessert we had rugelach and fruit salad and tea. It was a very nice home cooked meal. Ending with some singing, and we were off back to base.

I led Mincha at the local congregation at our base then napped.

For dinner we went to a little place called pastabar. It's a neat place that you can get a decent meal for a decent price. Armed with sweet potato ravioli, eggplant lasagna, and pesto fettuchinni, we went to get some coffee at Cup o' Joe.

Tomorrow we head down to Eilat via Yerucham and Mitzpe Ramon to look at my future abode and the giant indent in the ground that we like to call a crater.

I'll see you all next from Eilat...

Shavua Tov,

-Zachary

PS. how do you spell babagenoush? Any ideas if I decide to be a food critic?