The plans that went down the drain.<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Thirty days before the holiday, holiday plans are announced. In every generation, in every age, a person must see himself making plans and not leave the week of Hol HaMoed empty of content.<\/p>\r\n
The first day of Chol HaMoed arrives. A bright morning. The sun is waddling in a gentle sky. The house is quiet. Everyone is still asleep.<\/p>\r\n
Breakfast for the first day of Chol HaMoed is unquestionably postponed to 12:30 p.m. No one is hungry before then, no one is ready for the meal to be served at the dining table.<\/p>\r\n
During the meal, we sit and discuss the daily trip.<\/p>\r\n
Where should you go today? Planning for the holiday is not the same as planning a month earlier.<\/p>\r\n
By the time the decision is made, it is almost evening, and before we even have time to get out of the car to travel to the decided place, we must sit down for the holiday meal.<\/p>\r\n
Then the phone rings, and the uncles from Bnei Brak ask to come, because you can't go to Jerusalem without visiting for the holiday.<\/p>\r\n
This is a tradition.<\/p>\r\n
On the second day, the story repeats itself and so on in the following days.<\/p>\r\n
At the end of the Chol HaMoed weekend, when we enter the 'Holiday-Shabbat' - we remember that we actually didn't leave the house all week.<\/p>\r\n
All plans went down the drain.<\/p>\r\n
Really? It wasn't that bad at all. Maybe next time we should plan something like that from the start?<\/p>\r\n
Two, who knows? Two consecutive Sabbath days.<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Two days of "Holiday - Shabbat" are a stressful story in themselves.<\/p>\r\n
The pressure leads to the feeling that everything that was bought and prepared before the holiday is as useless as the garlic peel compared to the "holiday Shabbat" connected and so many extras.<\/p>\r\n
The recognition of this leads to uncertainty about the quantity of products purchased two weeks before the holiday, and to additional purchases that are of course undesirable on the holiday in the first place, such as purchases of preserved matzah (it is not available in four stores, and a fifth has a package that is a rescue orphan), eggs, vegetables, and fruit.<\/p>\r\n
The blessed work brings the "Holiday - Shabbat" to a home filled with pure pleasure of fragrant foods and countless salads, dips, meats and types of fish.<\/p>\r\n
On Saturday night, it turns out that although everyone hasn't stopped gnawing and grinding their teeth, there were still quantities of food left that would have been enough to satisfy an entire boarding school of children.<\/p>\r\n
Well, it's better that way than constantly thinking that someone is going hungry...<\/p>\r\n
\u00a0Caution, you have exceeded the allowed amount of food!<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Maintaining weight is a blessed thing. Who wants to be a part of the statistics of the 55% fat people that adorn our country?<\/p>\r\n
The question is when do we find it appropriate to discuss and discuss this protection?.<\/p>\r\n
Here's an inappropriate time for this: You've arrived for a holiday meal with your cousins.<\/p>\r\n
The owner of the house, a woman with a great taste and a great chef, who proves herself year after year, did not put her hand to the plate and prepared every Egyptian delicacy. Dishes fit for kings were spread out on the diners' plates, accompanied by a unique table setting.<\/p>\r\n
The diners sit down at the prepared table, before their eyes the oils of this world, saliva flows from their mouths in front of the oils of the universe, and then a wayward son stands up and begins to speak in the language of humans:<\/p>\r\n
\""How much do we eat on this holiday..."\"<\/p>\r\n
The rest of the diners immediately follow him:<\/p>\r\n
Yes, just eating all day and all night!<\/p>\r\n
How was it appropriate to dip bread in sauce and it's impossible...<\/p>\r\n
Potato? I'm not putting it in my mouth!<\/p>\r\n
Rice is the best substitute for potatoes.<\/p>\r\n
Be careful! One matzah is worth two slices of bread!<\/p>\r\n
With these wondrous thoughts, no one pays attention to the housewife, the delicatessen preparer, who is still bustling between the kitchen and the living room with two gourmet trays, asking herself: When will all these people shut up and keep their weight to themselves?<\/p>\r\n
Someone worked on all of this, not so that you could decide right now to escape the terrible statistics that predict a drastic increase in your weight.<\/p>\r\n
Someone here has invested in your enjoyment, if you have already confirmed your presence and have also come and bothered - please be quiet! Be responsible for your own mouths, quietly, and don't take the taste out of other people's mouths...<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During breakfast time [12:30] we sit and discuss the daily trip. Where should we go today? \u2022 The food on Shabbat night that wouldn't put a boarding school to shame. \u2022 And maybe, for God's sake, stop talking about 'weight watchers' on Passover, when the landlady comes from the kitchen with the gourmet trays she's been working on?","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[32312,839,2032,32339],"class_list":["post-157272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-138","tag-32312","tag-839","tag-2032","tag-32339"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n