I get a chance to make the bride happy, talk to new people, make new friends, and do a ton of dancing. It's better with buddies, but can still be fun and is still such a mitzvah.
Tell me about your favorite mitzvah.
About the wedding, it was nice. I can't remember ever going to a wedding where I literally only knew three people there - including the kallah! Didn't make new friends or do a ton of dancing, but danced a little, (was nice to have some permitted music, since I normally don't listen now!) and the kallah was very happy to see me. And was just happy to be at a simcha!
I can't say I have a favorite mitzvah. Two that are especially meaningful to me are hadlakas neros and hafrashas challah. Special womanly davening times for me.
Tell me about a mitzvah you would like to do better.
Good pain drugs and depending on the person either lots of quiet or lots of visitors
Tell me about a very random skill that you have. For instance I can insert a Hebrew symbol and a word document really quickly I did that when I took notes in college
Can I chime in on this?
I think it's very important after major surgery to treat yourself like you just had major surgery!
I'm being serious, sometimes people feel like pushing, insisting they feel fine, not wanting to take too many meds, feeling bad that they need help and others are doing so much for them...
Surgery is a big deal! Allow yourself to be taken care of, take as many pain killers as you can, allow yourself to say how much it hurts and I just can't abc or xyz, without feeling guilty.
I loved what singleagain said about depending on the person- if you want visitors or phone calls, allow it. But if you want a lot of quiet, make sure you get that!
Wishing you a complete refuah!
Good pain drugs and depending on the person either lots of quiet or lots of visitors
Tell me about a very random skill that you have. For instance I can insert a Hebrew symbol and a word document really quickly I did that when I took notes in college
I can't think of a random skill, but I can type Hebrew very well.
Lag baomer we have local fires with music. I took my kids.
For shavuos we travel to our rebbe. We finally found an apt. I cook everything & take it along.
Do you do a communal milchig kiddush like extended family/friends/shul or just with you own family?
Lag baomer we have local fires with music. I took my kids.
For shavuos we travel to our rebbe. We finally found an apt. I cook everything & take it along.
Do you do a communal milchig kiddush like extended family/friends/shul or just with you own family?
Years ago I lived in a small community and on the first day of Shavuos we would have a community Barbecue, on the last day was a Nelous Ha Chag that was Milchig.
Do you decorate your house with flowers on Shavuos.
Years ago I lived in a small community and on the first day of Shavuos we would have a community Barbecue, on the last day was a Nelous Ha Chag that was Milchig.
Do you decorate your house with flowers on Shavuos.
Usually just a vase on the table, and any flower projects the kids made it school. Sometimes napkin rings.
Usually just a vase on the table, and any flower projects the kids made it school. Sometimes napkin rings.
Tell me something about flowers.
A close friend came to visit me today and kindly gave me a gift: a vase with the most beautiful flowers I've ever seen. I mean it seriously when I say I don't think I've ever seen such lovely flowers.
I put it on my bedside cabinet and I keep on looking at it. If I knew how to post a picture of the flowers, I would. B'H the flowers are artificial (due to shemittah) otherwise I wouldn't beable to keep them and enjoy them - both me and my dh suffer from hay-fever allergy.
I don't really know much... But I imagine if they aren't really heavy curtains they can probably be machine washed. If they are heavier, I'd spot wash them or check for cleaning instructions... Dry cleaning may also be an option
I don't really know much... But I imagine if they aren't really heavy curtains they can probably be machine washed. If they are heavier, I'd spot wash them or check for cleaning instructions... Dry cleaning may also be an option
Tell me what kind of blanket you use on your bed
Still using a quilt. But changed from real feathers to synthetic.
Tell me about what type of mattress you find comfortable? springy? sink in? orthopedic? other?
Still using a quilt. But changed from real feathers to synthetic.
Tell me about what type of mattress you find comfortable? springy? sink in? orthopedic? other?
Extra soft.
At one point as a teenager I was having a very hard time falling asleep. My father bought me a new extra soft mattress for my bed. I don't remember if it helped with the insomnia, but I do know it was super comfortable and I've favored very soft mattresses since then.
(I also remember this as something very heartwarming about my father, how he decided enough was enough with the insomnia, and just went and ordered me the new mattress in a moment's decision!)
