Just the bare preparedness for the Chag is still a lot of work. Clearing all the small appliances from the counters to lay in the covers. We’ll be back for a day passing through on our way to another part of the family. Crisscross ing the east coast, New York, Boston, Ohio, Long Island.
I don’t think I’ll see a herd of deer in my backyard in Jerusalem. I will miss the frequent mornings that I walk out the back door into a bright-eyed clump of alert staring does. Or the times I pull into the driveway to shine my lights on a cluster of deer sitting on the bed of chips at the edge of our copse. I guess there will be other visual delights in Jerusalem and I will just have to seek them out.
Making Aliyah 