Last Shabbat
I saw some mention of "Shabbat is the day of rest" and broke out laughing because it most certainly is not. Last weekend we helped Jean prepare for a big Friday night dinner which included ten guests.
Although we played an extremely minimal role we were involved in shopping, picking up the catered Chinese food, and slicing fruit. In addition, we had to spend Friday cleaning up our place and getting ready for the next day. Friday night was a lot of fun; we walked to services at the nearby synagogue and then we all went over to Jean's for Chinese dinner. We were up pretty late and then had to wake up for 8:30 morning services.
Services ended at 11:30 and we were excited to be meeting our Southern California rabbi who was here with his family and a tour group from the synagogue. He and the group showed up at 11:30 and we joined them for an hour-long study session in the basement classroom of our yeshiva.
I did not feel like being in that room on Saturday - it's a cramped, tiny, overcrowded room with poor architecture (especially the pillars which hold up the rest of the building that ruin any line of sight across the room). I'm in that room Sunday through Thursday and to spend another hour there was just too much!
At 12:30 we all went to lunch and it was wonderful to sit with our rabbi and his family and have a nice meal together. We had a great conversation and got to share a bit about our experiences at the Conservative Yeshiva.
After lunch, we headed home and took a nap. We were scheduled to go to the home of fellow students on Saturday night but we just didn't have the energy. We're working on planning for a low-key Shabbat this weekend so we can rest a bit.
Although we played an extremely minimal role we were involved in shopping, picking up the catered Chinese food, and slicing fruit. In addition, we had to spend Friday cleaning up our place and getting ready for the next day. Friday night was a lot of fun; we walked to services at the nearby synagogue and then we all went over to Jean's for Chinese dinner. We were up pretty late and then had to wake up for 8:30 morning services.
Services ended at 11:30 and we were excited to be meeting our Southern California rabbi who was here with his family and a tour group from the synagogue. He and the group showed up at 11:30 and we joined them for an hour-long study session in the basement classroom of our yeshiva.
I did not feel like being in that room on Saturday - it's a cramped, tiny, overcrowded room with poor architecture (especially the pillars which hold up the rest of the building that ruin any line of sight across the room). I'm in that room Sunday through Thursday and to spend another hour there was just too much!
At 12:30 we all went to lunch and it was wonderful to sit with our rabbi and his family and have a nice meal together. We had a great conversation and got to share a bit about our experiences at the Conservative Yeshiva.
After lunch, we headed home and took a nap. We were scheduled to go to the home of fellow students on Saturday night but we just didn't have the energy. We're working on planning for a low-key Shabbat this weekend so we can rest a bit.
posted by Matt at 3:51 PM
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