American Maidel

08/12/2023

29/05/2023

Chag sameach!! We joined our dear friend, (instagram: https://instagram.com/asmallsanctuary) and her lovely community at their first annual Retreat! Yonatan and Chaya stayed up learning all night at the tikkun leil Shavuot!

10/05/2023

Happy !! We were out late enjoying a with friends tonight!

09/04/2023

Chag Sameach! Of course we had our own ! How were your seders? Here in America (and everywhere in the diaspora), most people have two seders but did you know that in Israel only one night of chag is observed? Here, Ruti is breaking the middle in half. The larger piece will become the which Yonatan is eager to hide for everyone to find! At the end of the meal, the afikomen is eaten before the seder can continue! Did you find the afikomen this year? Did you get a prize or ransom it?

Our beautiful seder plate, afikomen bag, and matzah were made by Posey & Fossett!

05/04/2023

We are ready for bedikat chametz, the search to remove all throughout the house in our final preparations for ! Yonatan is determined to find it all himself!

07/03/2023

It's time to tell the story and make some noise!! We read the Book of Esther from the which tells the story of brave Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai saving the Jewish people from evil Haman. Everyone shakes their and boos at the mention of Haman and we dress up in fun or silly costumes, sometimes like our heroes from the story too - as and !

06/03/2023

It's not too late to get your for this 's ! In addition to the standard Girl Scout Hamentaschen we've all come to love, Geveret Zehavi's troop is also selling these festive shalach manos gift baskets full of delightful goodies so that everyone can fulfill the mitzvah of giving ! All items are kosher l'mehadrin, pareve, and nut-free, of course! They will be available up until the reading tonight!

View all of the Hamentaschen for sale at: https://www.facebook.com/JewWhoHasItAll/posts/209963354945989 Happy Purim to all of !! (thanks Jew Who Has It All!)

06/03/2023

Making sweets for our to give to our friends on ! Yonatan and Chaya are making an Ashkenazi treat - hamentashen or Haman's pockets in Yiddish. They are also called אוזני המן (oznei haman) in Hebrew which means Haman's ears. They are a triangular cookie filled with a variety of sweet things, often jams, prune, or poppyseeds. Orit is making Haman's fingers, a flaky pastry originating from Turkey and Greece filled with warm spices and nuts! Which is your favorite? 🤤😋 Yum!!!

29/01/2023

Two Jewish girls getting ready for yesterday!

26/12/2022

Hanukkah sameach!! This is the eighth and final night of !

23/12/2022

The Hebrew letters on dreidels in the diaspora stand for נס גדול היה שם / nes gadol haya sham which means "a great miracle happened there" but in Israel, they say נס גדול היה פה / nes gadol haya po or "a great miracle happened here!" In this photo, Meital, who is Israeli, and Alex, who is American, are showing each other their dreidels and you can see the differences!