"where did you come from? Egypt. and where are you going? Jerusalem"
(this is how they started the first seder, i thought it sounded really cool)
Passover in Buenos Aires
buenos aires is said to have the 3rd largest jewish population second to israel, and ny (i know this statistic is kind of off because israel is a state and ny and ba are cities...but you get the point...)
anyways, so knew there were a lot of jews here, i just didnt know where to find them! well, on passover they started coming out of the wooidwork! it inspired me to start looking more into the jewish community here, which i will definatly start doing when we come back from brazil next wednesday.
i was lucky enough to have a contact in the jewish community here--a girl around my age who lives a short train ride out of the city. i spent the first seder with her at her moms house, and the second with her dad's side of the family.
before the first seder, we went to shul, just for the usual evening service. it was exactly the same as what i am used to (except for a few melodies here and there, but nothing that i couldnt figure out). it was really comforting to be in an environment that i knew so well.
both of the seders were very nice, different than what we do at home, but interesting and fun.
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I love the Spanish! How do you say: "And what did we eat? Matzah!"
Other news from the front! Steve and Talya got married in Eilat and had Pesach in Jerusalem. They just got back and I went to Steve's Sunday class. I think he was thinking about how to torture us the entire time he was away. You would not believe it! Anyway, I'll be eager for you to come back to Yoga in the fall! Andy says he's coming back when he gets into his fraternity. We'll see. . . .Love and miss you, Aunt Ann
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