Peeling a Pomegranate

Wintergreen Shabbat, originally uploaded by Carly & Art.

Went down to Wintergreen Resort in Virginia last weekend. Art was installing some custom made hand-rails in someone’s home there and they were kind enough to let us stay the weekend.

We foraged for Shabbat necessities along the way:

• Challah and candles bought from Greenwood Store along the way (along with many local cheeses, butter, and milk)
• Candle stand is a piece of scrap plywood from the installation Art and I did that day
• Full Nelson Pale Ale from Blue Mountain Brewery (another stop along the way) - I couldn’t find any wines that moved me
• Kiddush cup is one of the lovely glasses that was in the cupboard
• Torah portion on the Kindle

Have to say it’s one of my favorite things about my Amazon Kindle. I have the entire Babylonian Talmud and the JPS 1917 Tanach on it. Wish they had better translations for the Torah (Foxx, Alter), but it’s darn handy. Since I’m useless when it comes to Talmud, I’m looking forward to being able to quickly look up all those passages that R’Jill just quotes from memory during Kohenet training.

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