This morning, we went to the Aish HaTorah building for a class on challah baking. We each made a challah - mine was the traditional braided 6-strand, and Holly made a flower-shaped one. It was really fun to learn how to make challahn and we plan to get together at home to make challah as well. (You are all welcome to join us!)
After our class, everyone ran off to get in some shopping before Shabbat. We went with Holly's mom to Machane Yehuda, a great marketplace in Jerusalem. We could have spent hours there, but with Shabbat starting so early here (candle lighting is just after 4 pm), we had only a short time. The market is a fantastic experience - tons of stalls with foods (nuts, fruits, breads), clothing, Judaica, etc. I found the most awesome and random thing - a Rutgers Football kippah!
Now we are getting ourselves ready to welcome in Shabbat with singing and dancing. We'll be "unplugging" in honor of Shabbat, so no updates until Saturday night.
Shabbat Shalom!
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I definitely want to join in the challah-making! Yummmmmmm.
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