10 For Dinner, Again
Well, it started out as a almost-quiet Shabbat dinner. Jean is on a plane right now, coming back and we're very excited about her return! We told her via email we'd have her over for dinner and that it would be a nice quiet dinner. I don't think it'll be so quiet after all!
So, from three of us, we quickly grew to six once we heard that our friend Steve had a fellow rabbinical student who was arriving on Friday. A new friend of a friend shouldn't have to stress on her first night here so Steve, new friend, and Steve's roommate all have to be invited. So then we were at six for a few days.
Then, tonight at a quarter after nine, the Assistant Director of the yeshiva calls and asks us to host two newly arrived cantoral students. How can we say no? So, we're up to eight and then Jen makes the instantaneous decision that we have to invite the two other yeshiva students who were here all summer for dinner so now we're up to a possible ten!
Once we made it to eight, we had to jump to ten because if you're cooking for eight, you might as well cook for ten, right?! We'll wait to hear on our last two invites so the possibility is that we'll only have eight but who knows, we might meet others on the way to or from synagogue tomorrow night.
One of the most difficult things about planning a big Shabbat dinner is the timing of having everything ready when it's time to go walk to synagogue and for everything to remain warm (and tasty) on the warming platter until we all return later! Jen's getting really good at it - I, of course, just follow directions.
So, from three of us, we quickly grew to six once we heard that our friend Steve had a fellow rabbinical student who was arriving on Friday. A new friend of a friend shouldn't have to stress on her first night here so Steve, new friend, and Steve's roommate all have to be invited. So then we were at six for a few days.
Then, tonight at a quarter after nine, the Assistant Director of the yeshiva calls and asks us to host two newly arrived cantoral students. How can we say no? So, we're up to eight and then Jen makes the instantaneous decision that we have to invite the two other yeshiva students who were here all summer for dinner so now we're up to a possible ten!
Once we made it to eight, we had to jump to ten because if you're cooking for eight, you might as well cook for ten, right?! We'll wait to hear on our last two invites so the possibility is that we'll only have eight but who knows, we might meet others on the way to or from synagogue tomorrow night.
One of the most difficult things about planning a big Shabbat dinner is the timing of having everything ready when it's time to go walk to synagogue and for everything to remain warm (and tasty) on the warming platter until we all return later! Jen's getting really good at it - I, of course, just follow directions.
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