Friday, 7 November 2014

I slept pretty well last night but got up a bit late, so the only walk was down to the bakery to get challah for Shabbat.

I taught 5 units of Berlitz lessons this morning: 9:00-10:30, 10:30-11:15, and 11:30-1:00.

We had lunch at Greg Café today. I ate a sabich salad, and David ordered ravioli with mushroom cream sauce. However, he didn't like the ravioli, saying it was too starchy, so they do it back and didn't charge us for it, and he ordered a piece of chocolate cake instead.

Afterwards, we drove up the Arava as far as Samar and then returned.

As the light was about to fade in our lovely valley, we lit candles, drank wine, and ate challah to celebrate the arrival of Shabbat.

ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת

לעשות את השבת לדורותם ברית עולם

בני ובן ישראל אות היא לעולם

כי ששת ימים עשה יי את השמיים ואת הארץ

וביום השביעי שבת ויינפש

"And the children of Israel will keep the Sabbath

To make the Sabbath an eternal covenant for all their generations

Between Me and the children of Israel it is a sign

For in six day HaShem made the heavens and the earth

And on the seventh day rest and was refreshed"