Friday, 3 July 2015

I got to bed late again last night and so also got up too late to go for a walk, other than the short one to recycle cardboard and buy challah for Shabbat.

I taught 3 units of Berlitz lessons this morning: 9:00-9:45 and 10:30-12:00.

For lunch, I took Me'ir with me to Il Pentolino and ate my usual whole-wheat spaghetti with Palermo sauce.

In the evening, Me'ir came to my place and we made Shabbat together.

ברוך אתה, יי אלהינו, מלך העולם, אשר קידשנו במצותיו ורצה בנו, ושבת קדשו באהבה וברצון הנחילנו, זכרון למעשה בראשית. כי הוא יום תחלה למקראי קדש, זכר ליציאת מצרים. כי-בנו בחרת ואותנו קדשת מכל-העמים, ושתב קדשך באהבה וברצון הנחלתנו. ברוך אתה, יי, מקדש השבת.

Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, Who has sanctified us with Your commandments and desired us, and bequeathed to us Your holy Shabbat with love and favor, a memory of the works of creation. Because it is the first among the holy days, a memorial to the exodus from Egypt. For You chose us and sanctified us from among all the peoples, and bequeathed to us Your holy Shabbat with love and favor. Blessed are You, Adonai, sanctifier of Shabbat.