It's kind of how I feel -- on the edge. (Coincidently, the military operation is called "Defensive Edge.I live in Israel, but in a quiet area, where the Hamas rockets haven't yet reached.
It's surreal, cooking for Shabbat, and listening to the radio announcer break into the broadcast every few minutes to say "there's a siren in .......". Since I started cooking at 11:00a.m. I've heard announcements of dozens of alerts, all over the south and center of the country. I can hardly concentrate, so I can only wonder how the people who are in the midst of the situation are managing. I remember the drill from 2006, when the north was under rocket fire -- you try to concentrate, but can't.
Not much that I can do from here except to keep the people of the south in my thoughts and prayers. I did accept a last-minute group of 8 girls for Shabbat dinner, so I feel as though I did something. (Of course, that involved a revised cooking schedule, but we should be OK.)
Vegan Shabbat dinner:
vegetable rolls (in pastry dough)
rice with pesto
potato kugel
sweet potato kugel
BIG salad
BIG challah
dips
It's surreal, cooking for Shabbat, and listening to the radio announcer break into the broadcast every few minutes to say "there's a siren in .......". Since I started cooking at 11:00a.m. I've heard announcements of dozens of alerts, all over the south and center of the country. I can hardly concentrate, so I can only wonder how the people who are in the midst of the situation are managing. I remember the drill from 2006, when the north was under rocket fire -- you try to concentrate, but can't.
Not much that I can do from here except to keep the people of the south in my thoughts and prayers. I did accept a last-minute group of 8 girls for Shabbat dinner, so I feel as though I did something. (Of course, that involved a revised cooking schedule, but we should be OK.)
Vegan Shabbat dinner:
vegetable rolls (in pastry dough)
rice with pesto
potato kugel
sweet potato kugel
BIG salad
BIG challah
dips
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