Yom Kippur is over!

[ahka]

I celebrated Yom Kippur with our family this year.  On Friday, I was feeling guilty that my in-laws will come over and I will feed them while they supposed to fest, even though I know they are not observant but it would have been on my conscience.  So, I asked Boris to invite them earlier.  We ate and finished with the desert right at 7:20pm.  I was not feeling well but decided that I will try to fest.  Boris followed my lead and truly stuck to the fest through the whole time.  I was drinking some water with lemon once in a while because of my sore throat and fever.

It was hard not to eat when I was feeding kids.  The food smelled very good and I just wanted to finish what they didn’t finish (as usually).  I was strong enough not to eat all day. 

I have a book that describes all Jewish holidays for kids in Russian.  I read the chapter about Yom Kippur and gave it to Boris, so he would understand the meaning behind his fest.  Also, I read part of that chapter to Michael who actually was not behaving well.  I hope he has learned a lesson.

In the evening we went to Torah Academy for the final prayer with Aish Minnesota.  It was an interesting experience.  I was glad that my friends also made it there and later on Masha came with Tanya.  I finally got to meet in person Sarah and Berl Simpser the organizers of the events.  We had a long conversation with Sarah before we left. 

Michelle played in the daycare area for about 10 minutes and then I heard loud cry.  I went to the gym where woman who was supervising kids was holding her and trying to calm her down.  I called Michael and gave him her pacifier and tried to stay away from her view and see if she will calm down.  She kept crying, so I went and took her with me to the service once she was quite.  She stayed quiet for a long time but then got bored and started making loud noises with the books on the table.  So, at the end of the services I was in and out because of Michelle.  I was happy that Boris went with us; I was actually planning to go there by myself with kids only.  I guess lead by example works pretty well.

Next is Succot on Wednesday night at Masha’s succah.

Comments

[meirbg.livejournal.com]

A great Shanna Tova to you, and may you from strength to strength because you fasted and influenced others.

[agusovsky.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! A great Shannah Tovah to you and your family too!