My days over the last two weeks have been filled with learning Torah in the day - prep work for my program. I was doing some historical background research, looking at the book of Joshua and doing some other stuff here and there.
My nights have been filled with bars, friends and laughs. Jerusalem has lots going on - festivals, friends visiting from all around, summer vacation for Israelis (August is a common time for people to get at least some time to travel, be with their families, etc). I have also been finding ample time for knitting which is much appreciated cause i know my free time will drop precipitously once the school year starts in early sept. I am making a shirt for myself, which I will give picks of soon. I have been spending several hours knitting a towel for something called netilat yadayim - the washing of the hands. Essentially it is a towel to use when doing ritual handwashing - the one I designed and am knitting is specifically to be used for shabbat. (while the washing theoretically happens every time a Jew eats bread.) It is a wedding present for my good friends who are getting married in a few weeks here in Jerusalem. My first hand made wedding present - many to come! The design is out of a simple white cotton and has six leaves on a vine going from the bottom left to the top right corners. there are six leaves to symbolize the six days of creation and the seventh day is not represented as a "creation" because it is a rest, a break, from creation. It is made up of only two kinds of stitches and is made up of white cotton, as I said - this is what represents shabbat - simple livin'. the rest of the week has its complexities and stresses but shabbat is meant to be a break from those things. Nice eh?:)
I will post when it is finished but I am just so excited about it i had to put up pics.
So!
Now that the update is over, I can tell you about the coming few weeks (she jumps up and down in excitement!) I have a few friends who are in the country and I am going to Tel Aviv tonight to meet them. We are spending a few days beaching and partying and sighseeing in TA and then coming back to Jtown for a few days. Then we are renting a car and driving and camping all around the country. Then I come back to Jerusalem for my friends wedding and then it is back out again - this time to the south of the country and hopefully to jordan and egypt.
Plans are likely to change, but fun is sure to be had no matter what we do. Now I go to pack, meet a friend for lunch, last minute things before i head outa town.
I may be a little MIA for a few weeks while travelling around but I will be back in action starting in September cause my program is starting...one year down. Two more to go. Crazy.
super big hugs are being electronically emitted to you all.
2 comments:
Oh Morrisa,
What a beautiful item you are creating. I was thrilled to see your knitting and also just plain excited to find myself back in touch. It's been a while. summer came and is almost gone--I mean, I'm back at work. Vacation is over and what a journey it was to California and Arizona. Just wanting to say hello! I'll go back and read some of your other news now.
Hugs,
Diane
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