Wow, less than two weeks to the first seder. It's time to gear up the preparations. Unfortunately, our vacuum cleaner is in the shop being repaired so it's hard to do much vacuuming. So instead of cleaning, I am focusing on general clearing up and getting rid of food.
The food in the pantry is slowly but steadily diminishing:
And a few items have been added to the Pesach food shelf, now that the things I ordered online have arrived.
I'm going to have to make some more room soon -- my sons in California are going to do some Passover shopping there before they come home next week.
I have also been involved in some fun stuff. A few years ago, I got together with a few friends and we decided to form a
Rosh Hodesh group. Rosh Hodesh is traditionally a women's holiday and, over the years, groups of Jewish women have chosen to meet monthly at the New Moon (aka Rosh Hodesh) and learn or celebrate or just connect with each other. Our group is in its third year and we're still trying new things.
This year, for Rosh Hodesh Nisan (the month in which Pesach occurs), we decided to have a Chocolate Seder. For the last couple of weeks, since finishing up the Purimshpiel, we have been running around buying up chocolate and writing our own "haggadah" for our Chocolate Seder. Last night, we got together to eat chocolate and have a good time.
That's a "goody plate" for one of our members who was sick last night. Most of the rest of the chocolate will either need to be eaten (what a hardship!) or given away to a deserving non-Jewish friend. The
cacoa nibs, which we used for our
maror, will be saved for use by my family after Pesach.
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