one last matzah cover

all my matzah covers are gone

that's it for now
onto actually cleaning for pesach

pesach/passover preparation

so far this year,
my pesach preparation has consisted of:
sewing 25 matzah covers and 15 afikoman bags
and selling them at 3 pre-passover Judaica fairs
and to 3 Judaica stores

it's nice to now that there will be little pieces of me at so many family seders this year

"shalom" wall hangings

wall hanging for child's room

commission - a gift for a child named shlomo

a challah cover in blues, greens, pinks, and purples - another favorite color scheme

an amish style challah cover

navy blue, green, and pink is one of my favorite color schemes

simple "nine-square" challah cover

matzah cover

matzah cover

another favorite color combo - yellow and blue

afikoman bag

afikoman bag

decoupage stools i shlepped on the plane for the grandkids

you should have seen me carrying 5 packages onto the plane in order to bring all the stuff i made/bought for my family in israel

i looked pretty ridiculous

beside the 3 stools, i also shlepped heavy knotted fringe fleece blankets that i made

hallel and kaveh call the stools their " little tables"

they're made with about ten layers of mod podge and Future floor polish

hopefully that will make them pretty durable

hallel and i had lots of fun with the crafts supplies i brought:

rubber stamps and pads

she wondered why i brought so many heart-themed items

they were part of Target's Valentine's Day Sale

fun with yehuda avner/shabbat with shani and elan

i spent the first day of my trip to israel in beer sheva with my daughter, tamar, her husband, david, and their two-year-old son, yehuda avner

it's always great to spend time with them

we all went to bet el for shabbat to the home of my daughter shani and her husband elan
my son, yaakov, joined us
it was a lovely shabbat

good company
good food
beautiful surroundings
unfortunately, no pictures

more israel pics/fun with the grandkids

proud abba micha-el weinstein, big sister hallel and savta esther weinstein

israel trip/tekoa/grandchildren

tekoa

hallel shira and kaveh

the weinstein abode in tekoa

yisca sarah weinstein

the main reason that i went to israel at this particular time was to be there for the birth of my grandchild

i planned to be there from a week and a half before Rachel's due date to a week and a half after

yiscah sarah was most cooperative

she was born one day after her due date

yisca sarah was named after a greataunt and great great grandmother on her father's side

yiscah is also an alternative name listed in the Torah for Sarah

it's from the same root as sukkah and it is said to reflect the idea that God's spirit rested upon Sarah/Yisca as the schach rests upon the sukkah

as you can see i was in savta heaven