I wrote before about Yom Kippur and fasting. But like all things Jews do, we manage to eat a lot, so the pre-fast meal and post-fast dinner more than make up for the lack of food during the fast.
This is the first year since my Dad passed away that all of our family was able to be together for Yom Kippur. Since my Dad’s passing I think it has been subconsciously harder on all of us to be all together, because it only highlights my Dad’s absence. Still, I think this weekend we were able to enjoy each other and remember my Dad by doing so.
My nieces and nephews – the reason why we want this to be a better world (and hopefully soon when I have my own children):
Being in Los Angeles is very different from cramped NYC. Just to give you an example, I think this salad bowl is bigger than my apartment in NYC:
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