Mazel Tovsssssssssssss

On Tuesday was Nadiva Rose's Bat Mitzvah. It was so much fun two of my friends and I were the only "adults" invited the rest were a bunch of 12 year old girls. The other too are my friends Aliza and Hillel, who just got engaged, yay mazel tov!!

The Bat Mitzvah was so much fun and I am so glad and honored that I was there. I love the Rose family they are amazing. Yesterday there was a crazy rain storm that was not expected. I was not prepared for this rain I was wearing converse a hoodie and a light jean jacket. I got drenched. Yafo street had turned into a raging river, it was insane. On my way home I was going by Michael Rose's store, JBC (Judaica Book Center) and I decided to go in to seek a little refuge. Michael saw me running towards the door and was laughing, I just walked in side and said "Help!" he just laughed at me. I hung out talking with Michael for a while then went home when the rain stopped.

Thank God for the rain, we sure need it and it gave me such an adventure.

simchat torah

yesterday was simchat torah, the Jewish holiday where we rejoice and dance with the torah as we complete the "book" and reroll it to teh beginning and begin again with breishit. it is a great holiday with so much happiness (simchah) and dancing and singing! there were hours and hours of dancing and kissing teh torah scroll and fun festive meals.
simchat torah is also a holidya that simulates a wedding and not just the dancing at a wedding it is a wedding between God and the Jewish people, where we commit ourselves to eachother and rejoice in this holy communion! God is the bride and we are the groom, this is such an interesting custom and i am not exactly sure why we are the groom and God is the bride,, maybe it is because the bride usually knows and choises the groom, but he is the one that accepts teh committment by proposing and comittimg himself to hos wife during the wedding. God has already chosen us but we need to be the ones to make the outward committment!
L'simcha!

fragile

last friday morning my mom had her second surgery to remove a brain tumor. the first one was 10 years ago, and well since that surgery the bit of tumor that was left has slowly slowly been growing and grew back to the size it was before, maybe about the size of a fist. it's hard to be away from my mommy but i know that she will be ok and heal BE"H, she is so strong.
after the surgery she was having some speech problems but i just got a message from her and it was so nice to hear her voice and it sounds like she is doing better B"H!!!
i feel so blessed to have such amazing people around me that have been so supportive. among new things going on in my life there is a boy, who is very supportive and caring and sweet. Thank God for people like him in the world! other news is a will be starting anew job very soon working for a center for at-risk teens. i will be teaching an art class and will be doing an art project on teh streets witha social worker one night a week. this is going to be very challenging and hard work but i know it will be so rewarding. i start in a few weeks and i am sure it will give me what to write about and share.
send blessings and positive energy in the direction of my mom Masa Sima bat Hudel!

Apple Honey Cookies

I woke up 2 days before Rosh Hashanah wanting to make apple cookies. I didn't really know what this meant so i searched on line for recipes and didn't really find anything too exciting so I decided to make something up based upon what I saw and with a little help from my mom here ya go...

Cream together:
1 cup of suagr
1 cup of honey
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 stick of margarine

Add:
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1-2 diced apples

Drop by spoonful on to foil covered cookie sheet, do not grease.
Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

They came out pretty good and are kind of a mix between a cookie and a muffin, yummy!
Enjoy!
L'Shanah Tova U'Metukah!