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Formal Friday

Getting ready for a formal evening out

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 11/10/2008 0 comments

Waldinger's New Home in Tsfat

Front of the house




Back Patio



View from the Patio



Dinning/Salon



Kitchen (Yahonatan, Ariella, Avraham)

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 2/16/2008 0 comments

Road Trip!

Downtown, Trinidad, CO

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The trolly still runs on red brick roads around town.
Trinidad, Colorado



WELCOME TO NEW MEXICO


Before this road trip, I never imagined that North New Mexico would have great gorgeous green Rocky Moutains! A great surprise on the 800 mile stretch to El Paso.

SUNRISE LEAVING EL PASO




ROSEVELT, TEXAS


After bearing the long straight desert highway of West Texas, I realized how vital it was to FILL UP YOUR TANK because gas stations are sparse. I pulled off I-10 with 1 gallon of gas left and unexpectidly found a quite town called Roosevelt,
population: 18.


Here's a picture with 1/3 of the town folk






This store is owned by the mayor of Roosevlt, TX. The only gas station within 30 miles or so from this spot.


QUICK DRIVE THROUGH LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, 'N ALABAMA

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 9/01/2006 0 comments

Ecselance International @ Lincoln Center

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 5/10/2006 0 comments

Few Shots from Europe

Inside an ice cave underneath a glacier in Switzerland @ the Matterhorn


Aunt Cheryl on top of "Klein" [Little] Matterhorn ~ freezing temperatures on top of the mountain, while it's sunny and warm in the valley below.


This courtyard is the site where Hitler gave his infamous speeches to the Austrian public. Less than a century later, I am reciting Jewish prayers on the same ground.

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 8/12/2005 0 comments

Jerusalem

When I was in India, 2 Chabbnic guys from New York, Mendi and Zalmi, arrived in Mumbai for 6 weeks. Last week, Mendi's sister got married, and I had the opportunity to play at her wedding.

The best part of the ceremony for me was playing a special tune as the groom walked towards the bride to see one another for the first time, as it is a custome to spend the last week of their single life apart from each other preparing for the wedding. The tune was composed by one of the first Rabbi's in Chassidic Judaism a few centuries ago.

The ceremony happened under the Chuppah outside of The Jerusalem Great Synagogue, and the festivities, singing, dancing, and feasting would continue in one of the banquet halls of The Great Synagogue.

Since there are so many weddings in Jerusalem every night of the week, the city enforces a curfew for weddings of 11 PM for non-family guests.


Narrow streets of Old Jerusalem Soldiers at the Western Wall



The Armenian Market Rabbi Yom Tov teaching in the AISH Library

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 7/16/2005 0 comments

Pittsburgh

Neighborhood Walk with the Cousins. Sarah, Miriam, Betsalel, Shayna, Chaiya, and Yosef 


LEFT: Sign indicating Subway Enterance in England.
RIGHT: Sign posted on a garage in Pittsburgh, PA.

Even though Bombay is now called Mumbai - This sign-logo also appears at every train stop in Mumbai, demonstrating a piece of the British rule that still lingers despite the Indian governments attempt to reclaim their country by renaming cities and streets. 


Reading about India with Cousin Chiya and Shayna at the library. 


The JCC Kids Mobile 


During the 2nd week of June, I visited my cousins in Pittsburgh for the holiday of Shavuot. The celebration commemorates the giving of the Torah and the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. It also celebrates the harvest of wheat in Israel and the ripening of the first fruit in the Holy Land.


Giving Cousin Yosef a haircut 


Aunt Cheryl and Cousin Batsheva 


Cousin Betsalel doing Havdallah, while Moshe is holding Joseph watching the glitter of the candle light. Aunt Cheryl and the rest of the Williamson family stands nearby, and Nana is also joining us for the ceremony via phone 


Violin at Havdallah Ceremony 


It's a small world - I ran into Denver friend, Barbara Catch, in Pittsburgh - wishing her father a speedy recovery in the hospital. 

posted by ~ Yoshi :-) @ 6/12/2005 0 comments