I attended evening services with a family that is friends with my Spanish teacher.
We went to the reform temple called Central Synagogue (the one I took pictures of). The services were in Spanish and Hebrew and I could sing along to about one third of the prayers and songs in Hebrew, the melodies that are based on trope or that are pretty universal were the same as in the US. The Rabbi is really cool, his sermon was very short and very sweet--about why we celebrate two days for the new year instead of just one. Then I went with the family to their friend´s house where we had DELICIOUS food. We ate fish croquettes, cooked veggies, roasted chicken, seasoned rice, cooked pears in wine (I forget the name of this...), cookies, cake, and then coffee!!!!! Everything was amazing, and everyone was very nice. I got to practice my Spanish comprehension and I brought a homemade apple cake which was repeatedly declared ¨Muy Rica.¨
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
I went alone to Kol Nidre in the evening, services were similar to the US and I made friends with the lady sitting next to me. Then I couldn´t go all the next day because I had class and I visited Carlos Paz where Carlos had a physics conference. At 530 I returned to the synagogue to find it absolutely packed. I stayed for an hour, but then I went to used the bathroom and literally could not get back into the sanctuary it was so stuffed full. That day the shops were closed for a national holiday and I couldn´t get the ingredients for the traditional Yom Kippur break fast dinner I wanted to make for Angie, Lucas, Carlos, and Flor. Instead we did it Thursday night.
We ate egg salad, homemade blintzes, a big salad, and banana cake with cream cheese frosting. For everyone else it was the first time they had tried all of it except, of course, the salad. While I was preparing this meal I discovered that cooking gives me the same endorphin high as thrift store shopping, which is good to know since I need a replacement for shopping therapy here! Hopefully I will get to do lots of cooking on the farm, where I will move Sunday.
Yom Kippur Break Fast
Rosh Hashanah Apple Cake
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