Comments for Pandoration

Comment on Friday Not Quite Morning by Your Pinnochio

Your Pinnochio — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:38:27 +0000

Beautiful, Jiminy. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing. <3

Comment on My “Aha!” Moment, and Kabbalat Shabbat by Mimi

Mimi — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:29:54 +0000

I’m glad you’re enjoying Israeli Kitchen, Jane, and am honored to be on the blogroll here. Next time you come visit, look me up!

Comment on My “Aha!” Moment, and Kabbalat Shabbat by Jane

Jane — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:32:44 +0000

Hi Mimi!

Wow, that’s incredible. Thank you so much for sharing it here. I am trying to imagine standing in that darkened hall, surrounded by all the pinpoints of lights and hearing the recitation of names. How must she have felt, hearing “her” girl’s name? It is chilling. I’d bet those things happen more often than we suspect there – it’s all part of coming together from the same places. The universe is vast and tiny at once.

I looked over your blog before linking, (and again). I enjoy food blogs, and yours is beautiful. Your Jaffa pictures gave me a smile, they were taken not far from where I got myself lost! I was also curious about that Aladdin restaurant, but sadly it was closed the evening we went by. The photos from your recent post, with the Gondi soup from Shabbat Takeaway… made my mouth water.

Your shuk pix were exactly what I had been searching for, and yes, I enjoyed your writing. (Sorry if my remark seemed a bit impolitic…it wasn’t intended that way).

Anyway, I’m happy to add Israeli Kitchen to my blog roll.

Thanks for stopping by Pandoration!

Jane

Comment on My “Aha!” Moment, and Kabbalat Shabbat by Mimi

Mimi — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:27:24 +0000

Jane,

Thanks for the link to my post and compliment to the photos – and I hope that the prose in between agrees with you as well.

I have heard of a similar “coincidence” occurring at YadVaShem about 15 years ago. A class of U.S. Beit Yaacov girls were given the names of girls their own ages who perished in the Holocaust,each name assigned to one girl. They were asked to say Mishnayot in the murdered girl’s memories. One of the American girls visited Israel and went to YadVaShem. She stood in the Children’s Hall, where the names of the children are repeated in a recorded roll call whose cycle takes 4 years to complete. While she stood there, saying her Mishna, her girl’s name was called.

I still get chills when I remember that story.

Mimi

Comment on The Wall, The Wine, Massada and Revitalizing Beersheva by Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:00:50 +0000

Well there you are! The pics look great – I just showed our IT guy and he thought so, too. I despise the set up of the current website for my flower show and we’re thinking about switching to a Wordpress template. And now I think I need to scroll down and read your letter to Brooke Shields.

Comment on The Wall, The Wine, Massada and Revitalizing Beersheva by Jane

Jane — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:17:22 +0000

Carolyn,

Thanks for letting me know that. I am sorry for the loss of your cousin. Thank goodness for loving, happy memories of the people we lose. I hope it helps to ease some of your feelings of loss.

Of course I would have stuck a prayer in there for you. I still almost regret not shoving a few in there myself. And obviously we share some of the same reservations. Still, it was really something to be there, for so many conflicting reasons.

Since you said my being there was good enough for you, I can do you one better: Top picture (the one of the Wall, ha!) look for the short blonde hair and the orange short sleeved (!!!) sweater. To the right of the woman in dark red. Guess who? Now you’ve seen me there. I hope that helps.

(these entries are the first time Jane’s ever posted her own pictures, and even then, only a few. Whaddya think?)

- Jane

Comment on The Wall, The Wine, Massada and Revitalizing Beersheva by Carolyn

Carolyn — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:18:06 +0000

Jane,
Right before you left, a beloved older cousin who was pretty religious and a long-time cantor in his temple passed away. I thought about asking you to stick a prayer into the wall for him, and I knew you would, but then I, too, have my reservations about the segregation, and frankly, about prayer in general. I also thought back to a picture I’d seen of my cousin standing in front of the Taj Mahal and the feeling that just by her being there, a little part of me had been there, too. So just the fact that you were there was good enough for me. Thanks. – CArolyn

Comment on Non-Observant observances of Sitting Shiva by Carolyn

Carolyn — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:31:29 +0000

Good thoughts, Jane. Just wanted to add that in life, sometimes you’re going to be the person nibbling cookies on the sidelines and other times you’re gonna be in the very center of the mix, and that that’s okay. Sometimes its challenging to re-bond quickly with the bereaved when you know they’re upset, overwhelmed with attention and details and have greeted you with the slightly guilt-inducing line of “OMG, look who showed up!” But just showing up means everything in my book.

Comment on Non-Observant observances of Sitting Shiva by Jane

Jane — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 05:13:24 +0000

One quick disclaimer: I in no way claim to know the actual religious law regarding mourning and shiva. I almost know enough to pass, LOL. So if anyone wants to leave a comment regarding actual Jewish law, or add a positive, constructive and educational comment, I would seriously welcome that. A little learning never hurts, right? Now let’s head to that table before your Uncle takes the last of the pastrami.

Comment on Mah Umbrella’s Done Shot Fulla Holes by Dinah, the Remortgage Goddess

Dinah, the Remortgage Goddess — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:06:39 +0000

I always wondered who protects the umbrellas in this stories. Never seems to come up. Coz the umbrellas I see around me are in dire need of protecting.