Last Friday, my parents hosted an Oneg (dessert) at the temple where I grew up in Andover, Massachusetts. Before the sweets were eaten, there was a Friday night service where Adam and I were called to the bimah (stage), and were told to open the Ark (where the torah’s are kept) and the Rabbi gave […]
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Daf Yomi
May 22, 2012The date is March 2, 2005 and I am in my first year of graduate school. That same day, the Daf Yomi cycle, a 7-1/2 year project to read the entire Talmud one page at a time, began, and I embarked on the most massive project I had ever taken upon myself. A project of […]
Service, Wedding Gown Fitting, Dancing Lesson, Band, Hotel Organizer, and Caterer, Oh, my!
May 14, 2012This Friday is one of many special events that are related to the wedding. This Friday, my family is inviting my relatives, Adam’s family, and friends to our temple for a special event. My parents are hosting an Oneg (dessert) in honor of Adam and my wedding. But, before the dessert can be eaten/devoured (depending […]
Checking Items off of the List
May 7, 2012Here is a video of a few ideas of what is on our wedding checklist: This past weekend, Adam and I went to Brookline, Massachusetts to do some wedding errands that needed to be accomplished. Our first stop was at the Israel Book Shop to order our personalized benchers for the wedding. Now, we just […]
Dates and Numbers
April 27, 2012April 26, 2009. A date. Our first date. Three years ago yesterday. April 14, 2011. Another important date. One year and two weeks ago. In April, Jessica and I celebrate two anniversaries. One is the anniversary of the day we met and the other is the anniversary of the day we get engaged. It is […]
Sign, Sealed, Delivered
March 30, 2012The song that I used as the title of this blog post is a song written and sung by Stevie Wonder. Here are the lyrics to the song: Like a fool I went and stayed too long Now I’m wondering if your love’s still strong Oo, baby, here I am, signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours! […]
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
February 27, 2012This song explains that diamonds are a girl’s best friend. This song is sung by Marilyn Monroe. The song lyrics are: The French are glad to die for love; They delight in fighting duels. But I prefer a man who lives And give expensive jewels. A kiss on the hand may be quite continental, But […]
The Five W’s and the H
January 23, 2012Adam and I have been working on the wording of our wedding invitations. We have been writing rough draft after rough draft of ideas on what we exactly want the wedding initiation to say. We also wanted to make sure we added in the right amount of Hebrew in to the invitation. We will be […]
I Feel Pretty
December 14, 2011No, I am not going to burst out singing the song from West Side Story. I do have exciting news to share with all of you though; I got the hair stylist and the makeup stylist both are coming from Philip Ciampa Salon in Andover, Massachusetts for the wedding. My whole family has been going […]
This is a Jewish wedding, after all, Part II
December 9, 2011Today we revisit a topic last discussed almost 6 months ago, the Bencher. While yesterday’s visit with Andrew was a piece of cake, we talked briefly about the Bencher. Quite appropriately, as well, since Jessica and I have been discussing this among ourselves lately too. The Bencher is a small book, about the size of […]