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Happy Holidays!
Our pomegranate & bay wreath greets you as you come to our front
door. The new silver-and-blue mezuzah blends into the blue of the
doorframe. (click an image for a full-size photo) |
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Chanukah came early this month. While celebrating the Season, the
gals also celebrated the new home and dedicated it with a new mezuzah,
accompanied by a Chanukat haBait, (dedication of the house, or) a mezuzah-hanging party!
This is a beautiful one made in Israel by a famed silversmith. It has
an image of a deer on the water. "As the deer pants for water so
my soul pants after you." I think it's somewhere in Isaiah, but I
know it's a song as well.
Nearly 20 people came for the celebration and food.
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Charlie hammers while Ana assists. |
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Inside, on the eighth night of Hanukah, the candles are burning down
to the last. Dreidels will have to wait until next year for the
kids to play with them. The gelt in the glass on the right will need to
be eaten! |
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And even to the end, the flames burn strong and bright! |
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A stroll thru downtown Los Gatos reveals lots of holiday lights. |
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The old Opera House, which is now an antique shop, is ablaze with
holiday lumination. |
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And across the street from where Ana works, someone
has a more tropical holiday light display. You can't see them, but there
are tikis in the yard next to the Santa luminary. |
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For the third choir season, Ana sang with the HP Choir (back row, fourth
from right). This year's music included another Latin song, "Exultate
Deo," Steve Allen's "Cool Yule" (a very fun Jazz piece where HP Symphony
trumpeters and bass joined us), our very own director's adaptation of
"Sleigh Ride," and a number of religious holiday tunes. Friends from the
theatre came on the fourth and final performance, and joined the gals
for pizza to celebrate afterward.
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Joyce joined her dad for Christmas week, and spent her 2nd week of
school break with mom. They went to some after-Christmas sales, went to
the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and saw the new movie, Phantom of the
Opera which was fantastic! And then they ended the year as
they usually do, attending the Annual New
Years Eve Talent Show at their Congregation. |
