Remember that it's a mitzvah to eat the day before Yom Kippur.
Hand-made by boys.
Ah, to be fifteen and sixteen, when the most glorious of the mitzvot was the feast before the fast!
Later, they'll be consumed by the need to ask mechila (forgiveness) from those they've wronged, focused on reconnecting with Hashem, conscious of the need to make sure that they and their wives and each of their beautiful children experiences the brachot of kaparot.
But right now, they take joy in this most visceral of mitzvot. It is a teenangel's step toward perfection. How wise is our Father in Heaven, to make His mitzvot accessible to us throughout our lives!
Hodu Lashem, Ki Tov, Ki L'Olam Chasdo!
On the previous Erev Shabbat, the older boys work in some time for a little shteiging...
...balanced by basketball.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not: This mitzvah was completed by only two boys, in under an hour.
Glossary:
Mitzvah: commandment
Brachot: blessings
Kaparot: atonements (a ritual removing harsh decrees from oneself and one's children by substituting an object -- many people use chickens, which are then given to the poor; many use money, which is also given to charity)
Hodu Lashem, Ki Tov, Ki L'Olam Chasdo!: Thanks be to Hashem, because He is Good, forever is His kindness!
Shteiging: poring over Torah/Talmud texts in deep study and discussion
Haveil Havalim: Pre-Yom Kippur Edition is up over at Benji's extremely silly and heartwarming place (aka "What War Zone???"), with a warm and fuzzy welcome mat at the front door for new olim. As someone in my family recently pointed out: "He's as funny as Brian Regan -- and we don't get embarrassed listening to him with you, Ema, because he's not, you know, like, gross." Yom huledet sameach, Moshe Shmuel. Till a hundred and twenty, in good health.
Haveil Havalim: Pre-Yom Kippur Edition is up over at Benji's extremely silly and heartwarming place (aka "What War Zone???"), with a warm and fuzzy welcome mat at the front door for new olim. As someone in my family recently pointed out: "He's as funny as Brian Regan -- and we don't get embarrassed listening to him with you, Ema, because he's not, you know, like, gross." Yom huledet sameach, Moshe Shmuel. Till a hundred and twenty, in good health.
7 comments:
Ruti, even though I'm not a teenager, this is a mitzvah I am very machmir on....
And that dish looked yum!
Gmar Chatima Tova, my friend...wishing you and your beautiful family all the best that G-d has to give for this new year.
Oh yum! I'm hungry looking at that post! Check out those smiles. It's such a privilege feeding teenagers - there is always a clean plate:-)
Gmar tov dear friend. Glad I saw this AFTER the fast...
CZ is a Sports Guy in training (I made him his Hashem Hu Hamelech kippah - but he says it gives him static electricity) and he could CERTAINLY keep up with your boys on that lasagne. But he's not yet 10. :)
So proud of myself. I made amazing low-fat mushroom quiche (no crust, no yellow cheese) AND decadant blintz loaf topped with canned cherry pie filling. I did not even TASTE the blintz loaf (or the cherries). How's THAT a good start after Yom Kippur?
I just had to publicly thank Hashem for the koach!
PS The word verification is "pless". Shouldn't that be "fress"?
Baila: Amen! To you and your dear family as well! Yeah, I appreciated their d'veikut, vicariously. ;-)
Sparrow: Especially when they have reached the age of guilt: One can get them to actually wash the dishes themselves. :-)
YSRM: Ooh, ahh! Are you bringing that dish to the J-Bloggers' Picnic? http://coffeeandchemo.blogspot.com/2009/09/jbloggers-picnic-come-one-come-all.html
That's an idea! Which one are you oohing over? The blintzes or the mushrooms?
YSRM: I guess "both" would come off as a bit greedy right after Yom Kippur???
citi o ale. thats the word ver. it sounds like a lament, a wistful sigh for jerusalem. or any other of the hundreds of israel's holy cities.
sigh
ok, so back to the post. yes, scrumptious looking cheesy food there. love how u chronicled the process ;)
ur boys are yum (am i allowed to say that? if not, bold it and stick it on top of the post).
i miss shekels
i LOVE teenangels. was that a spur of the moment? an old brilliance? or not yours at all?
back to the food a sec (hey im allowed to!), i miss cheese and kosher food like that. aghhhhhhhhh
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