Our sukkah is up!
Minus the schack! I swore last year I was going to buy a bamboo mat for the roof but our sukkah had to be rebuilt from scratch this year since the original did not weather Wilma, Frances, Jeanne, Ivan, et al well (not from being up but from being stored outdoors).... so the money just was not there.
Our sukkah came out great. We had to make it about half the size that we are used to since it needed to fit on our patio (we moved into a developement with an association & lots of rules). I had to actually get permission to put this up!
We put two trellises (that Ed edged with wood that was about 1 inch wide and about .5 inches thick) together with door hinges - we made two sets of those & those actually formed the two corners. We just fastened the two sets together with cable ties & made a roof structure. the whole thing can be stored in three pieces and those sets can be folded... pretty cool!
Here is it without all the decorations or the palm fronds
Next year I will get the mat - even though we love the look of the palm fronds the stress of looking for them drives me a little nuts.
So Ed told me that he does not enjoy attending Chabad & thinks I am sending the kids mixed messages. He went to an Orthodox synagogue growing up and did not enjoy it at all. He also said if the kids sat in services at Chabad that they'd get just as many dirty looks since they can't sit still. It's just that they can leave and run around outside there and can't at the Reform synagogue. He's probably right, they will NOT sit still. I do wish they'd sit in services - at least till like Lecha Dodi (like if we could make that our agreement) but they will not - and as with food I just can't force them but I can & do eat healthy around them & hope/pray that it will eventually make a difference!
He likes the same things I do about the Reform synagogue - womens' role in services, music, social action, innovative ideas, tunes, etc. but is not around on a daily basis and has no idea how hard it is for me to just keep going against the tide. And his feelings about Chabad are gut feelings. He even said "I'm sorry you are getting upset but this is just the way I feel" - can't argue with that!
I just love how welcome we feel... how cared for and taken in - I don't get that anyplace else here. The only other place that I felt like that was at the Reconstructionist synagogue in Broward.
sigh.
Our sukkah came out great. We had to make it about half the size that we are used to since it needed to fit on our patio (we moved into a developement with an association & lots of rules). I had to actually get permission to put this up!
We put two trellises (that Ed edged with wood that was about 1 inch wide and about .5 inches thick) together with door hinges - we made two sets of those & those actually formed the two corners. We just fastened the two sets together with cable ties & made a roof structure. the whole thing can be stored in three pieces and those sets can be folded... pretty cool!
Here is it without all the decorations or the palm fronds
Next year I will get the mat - even though we love the look of the palm fronds the stress of looking for them drives me a little nuts.
So Ed told me that he does not enjoy attending Chabad & thinks I am sending the kids mixed messages. He went to an Orthodox synagogue growing up and did not enjoy it at all. He also said if the kids sat in services at Chabad that they'd get just as many dirty looks since they can't sit still. It's just that they can leave and run around outside there and can't at the Reform synagogue. He's probably right, they will NOT sit still. I do wish they'd sit in services - at least till like Lecha Dodi (like if we could make that our agreement) but they will not - and as with food I just can't force them but I can & do eat healthy around them & hope/pray that it will eventually make a difference!
He likes the same things I do about the Reform synagogue - womens' role in services, music, social action, innovative ideas, tunes, etc. but is not around on a daily basis and has no idea how hard it is for me to just keep going against the tide. And his feelings about Chabad are gut feelings. He even said "I'm sorry you are getting upset but this is just the way I feel" - can't argue with that!
I just love how welcome we feel... how cared for and taken in - I don't get that anyplace else here. The only other place that I felt like that was at the Reconstructionist synagogue in Broward.
sigh.
posted by flminivanmama at 10/04/2006
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