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What I have eaten during Erev Hag 2009?

>> Sunday, September 20, 2009

"Shana tova" and hag "zameach" that I heard as their greetings to each and every one with hugs and kisses to families and friends, wearing not so elegant but new and presentable . I loved looking at them on their happy faces welcoming their new year and another new beginning as they said.



First served was the juices and this kind of food that came from and purely fish pellet.This is the kosher food that my employer likes and  most favorite. Every time they serve in the dinning, this is the first choice by both of us. Gefilte fish as they named it, so easy to prepare.Get recipe here how to prepare and cook this Jewish food.

This is the only fresh salad I've chosen and few slices of small tomatoes.These have mixed with pomengrates and ripe pig tree fruit as toppings.

Soup - something like meat balls but with dough, good taste.

Look at my dinner plate , it has fried rice with raisin's, beef and rolled chicken meat inserted with nuts and some herbs or veggies that I taste.

Oh..Oh..oh...wine moments now and here I am pouring my glass of red wine.Just below half of my glass ,I might not drive our toy car to go home. "Don't drive while you drunk" right?

my friend Erika and her fiancee on the third long table from us.


There are a lot of foods prepared by the village kitchen chefs. I saw the bread, cakes and cookies.Fresh sliced of different kinds of fruits, cooked of dried mixture fruit called "komput".You pick what you want but I picked some and brought home, lol. Tea, coffee and colds drinks in another corner of the dinning hall. Great time and gathering that I included to my treasured moments here in my work place , Mishmar Hasharon.

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EREV ROSHASHANA

>> Thursday, September 17, 2009

On September 18,2009 will be the Jewish New Year's Eve holiday.They have dinner and I am sure I'll be sitting beside my employer.It is my responsibility that where ever she goes I'll be on her back or beside her. lol..

In the bible Israel is called as "the land of milk and honey", so during their new year's eve they always prepared a long table dinner for the whole family(private) and here in my work place(kibbutz) is for the whole village people gathered together.Erev roshashana is the new year's eve in the whole world celebrations. Roshashana means "head of the year" . So..expect me to eat all their foods speacially their fruits of the year.Here are some lists of fruits and each symbol why they need to eat and prepared all of these during new year.

Hello world..did you know that pomegranates has 613seeds inside of one fruit? I know Jewish counted this,lol.Just today and my first time ever I knew these, thanks to them sharing their knowledge and spreading their beliefs of new year holiday.This fruit is the number one special at the long table together with honey during the erev hag (new year's eve) .

Honey  symbolizes the sweet whole year.

Bread, and other fruits was deepen to honey before swallowing, hehehe. I'm just following what they are doing specially if the family of where I'm working with is eating it.

Green spinach  symbolizes for green year with good harvest in the farm. They also prepared rounded head carrots.

Dates as sweet also, black eyed beans, leek, apples and gourd and more leafy fresh salads.

Rosh means head , so they are eating the "head of the fish"  which symbolizes the abundancy and fertility.

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111th PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

>> Thursday, June 11, 2009

I put two flags here, if I have more I want to fill up the whole page to show to the whole blogland that I am a proud filipino caregiver working in Israel.I witnessed many years of thier independence here in my location and how they celebrated it,  first by  loud sirens hearing the whole nation, by displaying thier flags in all sides of thier properties, everywhere flags are flying , in all thier house front sides, to thier cars and even in groceries and kitchens - plates and paper cups are designed like of thier flag colors.

I want to give thanks Cecile of Kitchen...the heart of Our Home for reminding me by passing this tag


"The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in the Philippines, where Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo (later to become the Philippines' first Republican President) proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain after the latter was defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. The declaration, in the form of a proclamation, in the presence of a huge crowd, was done on June 12, 1898 at the ancestral home of General Emilio Aguinaldo between four and five in the afternoon in Cavite el Viejo (now Kawit), Cavite, some 30 kilometers South of Manila. The event saw the unfurling of the National Flag of the Philippines, made in Hong Kong by Mrs. Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina Herboza, and the performance of the Marcha Filipina Magdalo, as the Nation's National Anthem, now known as Lupang Hinirang, which was composed by Julian Felipe and played by the San Francisco de Malabon Marching band."

~Rules for this Operation 111 meme
~Copy the quotes provided above stating the history of the proclamation of Philippine Independence Day
~Must be a Filipino
~Tag as many Pinoy Bloggers you know
~You can also Check the Complete Posting Coverage
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Psst...psssttt...Hey!..heyyyyyy...YOU.....YES!YOU!...are you filipino? BALUT  O PINOY? Oh..Come on, grab this meme then post to any of your web pages and join us to celebrate our independence. SEE YOU THERE!.

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HAG SHAVOOT 2009

>> Thursday, May 28, 2009

Different kids of cheese in one biggest plate that every one can get and eat how much they could.Today was a tradition of jewish people celebrating thier FIRST harvest of wheat and other crops that they plant.Main menu was CHEESE and related products as diary by this time. It was also said that end of spring was the FIRST MILK they produce because usually this is the time that sheeps and cows,etc are giving birth, so there is milk to drink and need to celebrates.In the history this is the day of cheese,cottage and milk but easily to find now in all supermarkets.Meat are not serving but then open to those who likes to eat.

We did not attend for the first time of today's holiday dinner.It is usaual that we are attending all programs of this village. My employer was suffering from gas spasm since yerterday . It stopped last night but the pains attack again after lunch time today.So..I went to the dinner table when all foods was served and took some.In later days I will post topic about gas spasm, if I will choose which much better to take care of an elderly, I will choose the one that always making fart than the one having gas spasm. I can stay away or sit far behind when farting but in gas spasm I don't know what to do to her . Then giving her how many glasses of regular tea, it stops.My goodness! I thought we're going to sleep again in the nearby hospital but lucky not. Hate that place, I mean I'm more feeling tired even I'm just sitting beside her.

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MOTHER'S DAY ' 09

>> Sunday, May 10, 2009

This picture was taken last February 2009 on or after election day (Feb. 10,2009) and came out in all newspapers and tv news updates in ISRAEL.It was my employer and her eldest son EHUD BARAK , I was sitting on rightside of my employer- I'm always hiding if there is camera-hihihi... we meet in one place of MISHMAR HASHARON because EHUD was need to lead the tree planting. I cannot find my copy on my file of this picture,  so ask again to the youngest son RUVI.

I am sharing this image to all of you outhere to show that how busy his son was , he still have time to visit her mother.Yesterday the three other son's and thier wives came to visit thier mother.One special friend also came to visit her. Two daughters of EHUD with thier children's that was already a great grand children of my employer also came. She's very happy and she told me again the old , old stories of all history that we went to bed late last night.

REMEMBER the saying that we can have changes to the whole parts of our body but not the fact of having one mother in your entire life.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOTHERs OUTHERE!!!

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LAG BAOMER 2009.(bonfire)

Lag Baomer  is like making bonfire  anywhere  but on  a safe place. On my understanding it is a  holiday of FIRE and especial day for children's .Those who are in the city they are going out of town or near the sea to celebrate this night.They put potatoes on fire  then they ate-last year I saw them eating and they all happy  escpecially the young kids are all excited with this holiday.They're doing this only once in a year.Last few days I saw children gathering firewood and debris so... it is on my mind that this day is coming again.

Lag Baomer in 2009 is on Tuesday, the 12th of May.

Note that in the Jewish calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Jews will celebrate Lag Baomer on the sunset of Monday, the 11th of May.


When is Lag Baomer in 2006?****Tuesday-16th of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2007?****Sunday 06th of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2008?****Friday 23rd of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2009?****Tuesday 12th of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2010?****Sunday 02nd of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2011?****Sunday 22nd of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2012?****Thursday 10th of May 
When is Lag Baomer in 2013?****Sunday 28th of April
When is Lag Baomer in 2014?****Sunday 18th of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2015?****Thursday 07th of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2016?****Thursday 26th of May
When is Lag Baomer in 2017?****Sunday 14th of May

This listings courtesy of http://when-is.com

Tonight after the events I will add new fotages here, so make sure you'll be back ..


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HAppy-bday2me

>> Friday, May 08, 2009

Yes!..it's my ****ty eight birthday last april 24, I recieved a gifts- one from DEMZ blogger down there and fly straight from Sacramento,CA.Below has an image of what she sent - she don't like to post it here so..I decided to put it out in later days..hahahaha.

Jhing_cutie here our friend cook our food again. We decided to do it now because that past weeks we are busy with our work,then a lot of holidays here that our employers also needs to partipate or attend to each celebration because they are a part of the history.And May 01 is our holiday also that we separated our trips-she went to Rosh ha'Nikrah a border of Israel and Libanon.


Here are a part she cooked aside from chicken macaroni salad and other sweets.Swerti mapapangasawa nito-sarap magluto eh.(lucky man whom she get bows ,she's very good chef)


Prepare first all ingredients like carrots,red pepper bell, green pepper bell,cabbage -cut into desired slices of any menu like pansit as the occasion will not go on without it, there is pineapple chunks/tidbits,potatoes -sliced into medium cubes, chicken breast sliced to small cubes, boil soft chicken meat,onions,garlic,black pepper,seassoning-like soy sauce,chicken curry and salt. 
This is chicken cubes with pineapple,green pepper bell,crrots sliced round slant,put a pinch of sugar so cannot smell the meat or pepper- something like kids cuold love it too .
Here  is the beef cubes  meat,potatoes, chicken curry,red pepper bell-sliced in in string style, carrots cuts into bigger cubes, adds seassonings(halatang di me nagluluto-hihihihi)You can put also green peas if you like. 
And last but not the least "ang pansit" bow.Filipino occasions will not complete without these, agree or disagree?-mga pinoy dyan.Just a rice sticks noodles ,meat and all vegetables you like to includes, sauce and mixed everything ...that's all!

This is DEMZ gifts to me...sssssshhhhhh...wak kayo maingay.I'm so proud of hers and thankful to be a mother friend of hers. Hug & kisses to baby and you except to daddy...hmmmmm.bawal I'm still older than him...,hahahaha,hellowwwwwwww.

THANKS BE TO THE LORD FOR ALL THESE BLESSINGS I RECIEVED and MORE TO COME UNTIL 120 yrs old....yeheyyyyyy....

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Independence day ends with....

>> Wednesday, April 29, 2009

*****the DEFENSE MINISTER SPEECH held at ministry building ground in Tel Aviv.High and Strict compliance in entering the vicinity with all and most well known people and war hero's are the visitors that allowed to get inside. I meet also  other pilipina caregiver with her employer, we just wave hands in far distance and another one was with her husband that I saw  was a local press photographer.Me and my employer was  sitting the 3dr lines of chairs behind all ranking officials of this country. I enjoyed too but I was pretty tired pushing,pulling and driving the wheelchair around because my employer want to see everything and she's telling me everything also until we got home.I just want to let everyone here that this is the reality of my life here as caregiver.What ever our employers need no choice we'll do it for thier satisfaction.
Taken inside MoD office ,framed pictures behind are all the previous  DM's of this country.Those sitting down are all the daughters in law of my employer.
Anchor woman/newscaster of local tv channel one greeted my employer...later I will put the name...hehehe I just recognised the face who she is but not her name.
here DEFENSE MINISTER speaking that the whole nation watching and hearing it.I asked favor of taking this picture to another caregiver behind me, she is from THAILAND.

Okey folks, maybe I am allowed to have a short vacation for a while here.Thanks to all.See you all next week.

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61rst INDEPENDENCE of HOLY LAND

>> Tuesday, April 28, 2009


Israel's night of indepedence way back 1948 celebrates few minutes ago-disco dancing still going on, in every villages and towns all over the country.Me and my employer witnessed another year of celebration from thier liberation with invaders.Below are my few shoots that I cannot have much because one hand was holding my employer and other hand was with my camera and video.Oh...okay ..yes! I'm insane because I need it on blogosphere,lol.

Yom Ha'atzmaut (Hebrew: יום העצמאות‎ yom hā-‘aṣmā’ūṯ;) means the national Independence day of the State of Israel. Every year's celebration is always on the 5th of the Jewish month of Iyar, it centers around the declaration of the state of Israel by David Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948 and the end of the British Mandate of Palestine.It is always the day after Yom Hazikaron. I repeat saying again that the day in Georgian calendar for Jewish start after sunset.It's night life in some other countries.

Many Israelis celebrate the day with picnics and barbecues (known in Israeli slang as a "mangal" - from the Arabic word منقل meaning "stove"). In some parts of the country the eve of the holiday, people sing and dance in the streets. Balconies are decorated with Israeli flags, and small flags are attached to car windows or every where you can see thier flag hanging.


IN the dinning room ,dinner served in few minutes but they served first the "pita" so.. when the main menu come I finished already one pita.lol.
Programs started with the childrens on this village riding around bicycle and some are walking with flags hanging on their bikes.Next in dinning area then program history outside and the end by seeing fireworks.
There was also kids running back in fort waving flags in different sizes.

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YOM HA'ZIKARON

>> Sunday, April 26, 2009

In youtube videos you can see all people who witnesses this day in ISRAEL.There are videos shown in different  locations and it's amazing to see  all motorists stopping thier cars during the minutes of silence. Tonight is the  "erev zikaron" which means the commemoration all thier fallen soldiers battled in ground and space for the next day liberation of  holy land.Here in my work place have a corner in this village that all residents gathered and commemorates by offering songs, flowers , candle lighting and prayers  while mentioning of all the names of those soldiers died during thier active duty as an army and all victims of terrorism. Names of those who are born here and those who live here before.It is a solemm program and so emotional to observed and watched.Tommorrow before eleven in the morning will have another one minute siren/alarm to the whole nation.

Yom Hazikaron is observed on the 4th day of the month of Iyar of the Hebrew calendar, always preceding the next day's celebrations of Israel Independence Day.  It varies from year to year in the Gregorian calendar:
2006: May 2 
2007: April 23 (postponed from April 22 due to the latter's proximity to the Sabbath) 
2008: May 7 (moved from May 9 due to the latter's proximity to the Sabbath) 
2009: April 28 (The day opens the preceding evening at 20:00 (8:00 pm), given that in the Hebrew calendar system days begin at sunset, with a one-minute siren during which most Israelis stand in silence, commemorating the fallen and showing respect).Here is the pictures taken at Mishmar Hasharon during thier night of commemoration.I just have these two pictures because my right hand holding my employer and the left hand holding camera.What a crazy life of caregiver and same time a blogger , lol. 

I don't have my own videos where you can see motorists stopping during a one minute of silence.We caregivers are not allowed to leave our employer inside the home or work place without the permission of the family  and  there should be someone to replace before leaving the   work place.  I'm always  on my work /duty everytime of the jewish holiday of each year and I  only watched on tv live show of what is happening around. 

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YOM HAGEVURAH (21paril2009)

>> Tuesday, April 21, 2009

This morning I heard a sirens , a military alarm while I'm busy preparing my old woman .We need to attend her best friend funeral in Tel Aviv.Summer time with  the temperature of  28 degrees maybe, thats what I feel only but still we need to go.Together with us was the youngest son  , we brought the wheelchair  to use in a long walk from the cementery gate up to where the grave was.No one had umbrella, no one using umbrella here during summer time, it was funny things I think if they saw one had around.Even my caps I forget to bring  so we went back home that my head and eyes are deadly cracking- grrrr.

About the alarm/sirens , it was the time signal of stopping any where you are at any point you where in for the commemoration of haulocust day.Even if you are driving , you need to step down and stand up outside your car.It was a minute of sirens and silence.I heard that even if they are inside thier homes but me was not because I'm busy.It's almost finished when I opened the TV to see what's going on. There was a ceremonies attended by goverment officials  offering prayers and flowers somewhere in the site they made in Jerusalem.

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YOM HASHOAH (20April2009)

>> Monday, April 20, 2009

 Last Sunday I saw mostly stores in the city selling flags that they will use  to have flags displays around thier homes and everywhere in preparations of tonight's "erev hashoah" ceremonies.   We did not attend the village ceremonies few minutes ago because my employer was very sad today when she heard that her best friend , a classmates of her eldest son and nieghbor for long time ago was died in lung cancer. Only two weeks when we saw each other in the dinning room when they are taking lunch with other friends.Everytime she came and saw me outside she always ask me where is my old woman ,and how am I doing with my work.A very nice woman at heart to everybody here.May she rest in peace.

Today's weather was very hot and hard to breath outside until sunset. My employer was in bad mood if the temperature was too high that even the food she don't want to eat.She's watching almost half of the day all programs on television showing thier history and some of what happened this day long time ago.Programs that all related in today's commemoration.

                          

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EASTER EGG HUNTING-unplanned

>> Sunday, April 12, 2009


No easter egg in this country that's why no egg hunting during easter Sunday here and they don't have this day on thier calendar.I saw a lot of colored plastic formed eggs in toys section of any groceries and departments stores.There is also here a chocolate formed like an egg, so anything that is formed like an eggs was considered as an ordinary toys and not for easter fun day.I never plan on this but it was happened this morning on my friend's house in HERZILEYYA.(note:names are privately kept here for some reason's).......

I went there early morning of about eight o'clock in the morning to have long and more fun stories to be told. We've friends since high school days and never heard after college days.Last year my friend knew what happened to my father and other news of me where I am then she found me in FRIENDSTER.COM thrue another friend.So we planned to meet for how many times but the schedule was always conflicting, I am stay in on my work and she has two kids of about five- a boy and four years old-a girl,so..she's busy for her daily twelve hours work as caregiver to an autism boy, plus her kids.Finally we meet this easter sunday. They are already prepared to go when I arrived.I noticed that the two kids have pacifier. But suddenly the girl said that she's hungry (emah ani ra-eva) so we went back to the kitchen for thier cornflakes with milk and for us a cup of coffee.In the middle of sweet stories the young girl again said she want to the comfort room(emah ani rotsa laleket la shirotim)but my friend left her to get her coffee and I'm watching the young boy.They are super active kids, I don't know what they are eating..hehehe. When we supposed to leave the little girl shouted again that she don't want to go without her pacifier.She don't even know where she kept it when she went to the comfort room.My friend was so angry and she's already yelling ,shouting,etc. that I joined them looking for it.We almost move everything inside the house for nearly one hour but nothing found.It's a bad day to heard words that I rarely heard in my entire life.I used to whisper my friend that I never shouted nor yelled since birth of my children then she stops and cry in one corner.So we decided not to go anymore, sit down and opened the two flat screen tv's .

After thirty minutes of calm down, I asked the little girl what she wants to bring outside if we will go to supermarket and buy something to eat like barbecue or fish that cook on fire.She stand up and pointed that baby doll cart in thier room.I found  at the bottom and covered of all pink stuffs a colored plastic egg. Then I opened it and there was a pacifier inside .She run at me and said "that's mine"(ze sheli!)...

Whew!!!! what fascinating  day I have today! hehehehe.

I just remembered when I supposed to go that I've been in easter egg hunting ..hahaha.So I went back to get photo shots the baby doll cart.

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EASTER SUNDAY

>> Saturday, April 11, 2009

Easter Eggs

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PEZAHK for JEWISH, HOLY WEEK for christians

>> Friday, April 03, 2009

HAG PEZAHK ZAMEIYAHK as the greetings I can hear around and everywhere in this place.Every year they are gathering together to have a special dinner for all members of the family and sometimes thier guest and friends are coming to celebrate with them. In my workplace we (I was invited always due to my employer's need) gather in the dinning room to watch the prepared programs by the members of these village that consist of all ages joining on the stage performance.They called it "LAILA ZEDER" so I was enjoying and always be as this is one part of my treasure here in holy land.Aside from that of course they are praying and candle lighting before they start everything what they have prepared.They have special foods for the whole week- as you can see the image above and they followed strictly of not eating something that contains flour as they called it "kemahk".Every manufactured food should written as "kosher" that they allowed to eat especially those religious families.

In my understanding "Laila Zeder" for Jewish and "LAST SUFFER" for christians.They have both commons in praying the whole week but only differ in food we eat. In christians ,especially to those have sacrifices are avoiding to eat meat while in here  they served thier dinner a lot of meat and thier special fish called "carpion". Even in supermarkets or any stores they are covering the space where the flour products are displayed. 

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enjoyed watching PURIM 2009

>> Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March 08,2009

    Sunday day off was very funny because this is a week of celebrating the jewish PURIM HOLIDAY. They are wearing some costumes of thier hero's , some are like horrors, men's are wearing womans outfit and vice versa , childrens are on thier "dream to be" costumes, some are super hero's and in popular characters we saw on tv, etc. I was so happy roaming around in the tourist center Ntanya seeing young high students wearing most of all as a funny creatures. I have some few pictures but I can't upload yet due to some accessories of my new computer will be deliver on next sunday.Sorry..but I will post it on my slides show as soon as I can upload it. Happy the whole day but sad the moment I arrived back to work.

 

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MY MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

>> Tuesday, December 23, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!

Hi.. everyone here comes a once a year celebrations for all of us and here I am far away from home.Serving as caregiver to other people that I've learned to care and love for the sake of the future of my children's and a life extension of my husband.I'm happy during the day that I received my salary but deep inside I'm always lonely especially during this holiday season's.

I want to THANKS everybody here on the web like the following: TO ALL WHO LEFT MESSAGES ON SHOUT MIX,TO THOSE WHO WROTE COMMENTS ON MY POSTS - THANKS FOR YOUR TIME,MY VIEWERS AND GUESTS- HELLO THERE IN SOUTH KOREA,THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TO ALL FROM 36 COUNTRIES WHO OPENED MY BLOG - TOPNOTCH WAS FROM U.S.A.,INDONESIA,MY HOME COUNTRY of course,ISRAEL and others,MY NEW FOUND FRIENDS ON THIS BLOGGING WORLD,SPECIAL MENTION TO RUTH RUSH - I OWE ALL OF THIS FROM HER,AMAZING GRACE - HELLO SIS!KEEP UP THE GOOD WORKS FOR SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD!THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

I NEVER THINK of GOING MORE AND GONE THIS FAR BUT HERE IT IS FOR MY ONE MONTH AND A HALF (1 1/2) ON THE WEB.HELLO.. ENTRECARD DROPPERS AND ADVERTISERS!!THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

THIS IS A SURVIVING SIGNS FOR ME FROM ALL OF YOU BY SHOWING ME ALL OF YOUR SUPPORTS TO GO FURTHERMORE.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!!!

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HANUKKAH AND CHRISTMAS in COMMON

>> Friday, December 19, 2008

HANUKKAH means a Jewish celebration of lighting 8 candles in eight consecutive days. Its a family of togetherness, the triumph of religious freedom, light, and miracles. Lighting the menorah, saying blessings and followed by food festivals and games.

In Christianity it is a celebrations of when the savior was born.The family was trying to get together for dinner and going to church especially the mid-night mass.Exchanging gifts and greeting cards,reconciliations,etc.

DECEMBER 2008 celebrations is in the same week in both calendar of JUDAISM and CHRISTIANS.Below are the things in common that I saw and served as symbol of this celebrations.

---------------------sufganiyot-------------doughnuts-----------


--potato lat cakes and other special food for celebrations----

--------------------- PRAYING of BLESSINGS----------------

------------------- GREETING CARDS----------------------

-------hanukkah foods serve for dinner for the whole family

------------------------golden chocolates--------------------------


---------------------------matanot -----------------gifts ----------


-----------MENORAH ------------CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ---------



----------HANUKKAH TREE---------CHRISTMAS TREE -------

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