Wedding Textiles 3
This is one of the best pictures I have of the huppah and tallitot. What’s left now is for me to list them on Etsy (clones, of course; you can’t buy our own wedding stuff)! Another awsome picture after the break!
Linen and Goats
Exodus 35:6
Return From Hiatus
Hi everyone. The wedding is now safely over and I can get back to work. I’ll start off by posting something current: the drash I gave this Friday night at shul.
As always, all the “Jewish” words I use are defined in my glossary post, which I will continue to update as I go along.
I’ll put together a post very soon containing some action shots of the wedding textiles for your viewing pleasure, and now that the wedding insanity is over, I’ll get to doing what I really intended this blog for: Jewish holiday- and simcha-related crafts, ideas, textiles, and fun!
After the break, my drash:
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WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?
On my planet? That’s hard. I’ve had tastes of Europe, China, and the Middle East, and I’d enjoy seeing more of all of those but I’d also like to see some places I’ve never been, like India, Africa, Australia, and anywhere in East Asia. On my own continent, I like Toronto and the Pacific Northwest, I’m curious about Arizona, Colorado, Vancouver, and Montreal, I really enjoyed San Francisco, and I truly miss the entire Northeastern United States. And of course, someday my fiancee and I WILL go on a Norwegian cruise.
Lately, though, we’ve been talking a lot about Europe. David Tennant and Catherine Tate are co-starring in my lifelong favorite play, Much Ado About Nothing, in London this summer, if that isn’t enough, but much of Europe also lacks some of the particular brands of crazy that get me so frustrated here in the US (and in particular, the South). That and I happen to be a German citizen, which of course makes me a citizen of the EU, which is generally awesome. So I’ll go with Europe as a whole, for my answer, and London in particular, if not Germany.
Wedding Textiles 2
Here’s an update on what is virtually my only current project: wedding stuff. The huppah is finished, the poles are finished (I think; that’s my fiancee’s department), and we now definitely have something to go over our heads. The tallitot are mostly finished too, except for the tzitzit. I’m still waiting on delivery of the tzitzit strings, and I confess I’m letting the lack of strings be an excuse not to put in the buttonholes. I am very afraid of making buttonholes. I’ll let you know how it goes as soon as I run out of things to do instead, or time to procrastinate in, whichever comes first. Meantime, here are more progress pictures for you; some is purely wedding stuff, but there are also some items I’m offering on my Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LinenAndGoats?ref=seller_info
Wedding textiles 1
So I’ve been working hard on making some of the stuff for the wedding as it creeps closer. Here are some previews of what I’ve been working on:
Here’s the fabric for the borders of the huppah:
Glossary
I know I use a lot of “Jewish words,” and not everyone has the same weird cultural vocabulary as I have. Here I present a glossary of terms that I might throw in as I go along; I’ll update it as I go.
Who hides the Afikoman?
Traditionally, the Seder isn’t over until everyone gets a taste of the Afikoman. Near the beginning of the Seder, one of the three matzas in the center of the table is broken in half, with the bigger half set aside for the end of the meal. The game of stealing and finding the Afikoman came about probably as a way to keep the kids awake and interested until the end of the Seder, and an excuse to give gifts. But who steals the Afikoman, who finds it, and who returns it? Different families have different traditions. The ages and interests of your Seder participants may also make a difference. Here are some of the traditional ways that this game is played, and some nontraditional ones, too. If you have another version, let me know with a comment!
Passover
I had hoped to get this blog running before Passover began, but didn’t get a chance. It’s a pity—I had some pretty good Passover material. Since it’s still Passover, and we’re actually hosting a last-night seder this year, I’ll go ahead and post some Passover things before moving on to omer-counting, Lag BaOmer, and eventually Shavuot.
