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How does one find a Shabbat host/family in Tel Aviv?
I’ll be arriving in Tel Aviv on a Friday afternoon in November and am trying to figure out Shabbat plans.
I’m a woman whose great grandmother converted conservative who is in the process of an Orthodox conversion (say that 3 times fast) and recently became shomeret Shabbat. I would really love to spend my first Shabbat in Israel with a family/community rather than alone in an Airbnb, but I’m not sure what the normal or appropriate way is to go about finding that in Tel Aviv.
Are there particular shuls, communities, websites, or groups that are welcoming to someone in my position? I’m happy to bring something appropriate, help out, and of course respect whatever the family’s customs are. I’m mainly hoping for a meaningful, normal Shabbat with people as mine during my conversion have been pretty lonely.
Any advice would mean a lot. תודה!
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I’ll be arriving in Tel Aviv on a Friday afternoon in November and am trying to figure out Shabbat plans.
I’m a woman whose great grandmother converted conservative who is in the process of an Orthodox conversion (say that 3 times fast) and recently became shomeret Shabbat. I would really love to spend my first Shabbat in Israel with a family/community rather than alone in an Airbnb, but I’m not sure what the normal or appropriate way is to go about finding that in Tel Aviv.
Are there particular shuls, communities, websites, or groups that are welcoming to someone in my position? I’m happy to bring something appropriate, help out, and of course respect whatever the family’s customs are. I’m mainly hoping for a meaningful, normal Shabbat with people as mine during my conversion have been pretty lonely.
Any advice would mean a lot. תודה!
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My personal piece of light today
We were expecting twins at the end of October. However, they decided that they couldn't wait, and they were born yesterday morning. We are currently in Australia, so the 7th was yesterday. Healthy, and only one of them needs a short stay in the NICU.
At first, I was very upset about it, which is silly when you've just had two healthy children, but I thought it was a horrible day for them to be born and a horrible time for them to have their birthday.
But I reflected and prayed, and I realised there wasn't anything better that could have happened to me, that we were given these beautiful children to remind us that there is still light, and life, and I remember everyone that we lost through that.
So we welcome Lior Naama and Arielle Emily 🤍
Their first day definitely had a lot of tears, but nearly all from their mother, rather than them!
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We were expecting twins at the end of October. However, they decided that they couldn't wait, and they were born yesterday morning. We are currently in Australia, so the 7th was yesterday. Healthy, and only one of them needs a short stay in the NICU.
At first, I was very upset about it, which is silly when you've just had two healthy children, but I thought it was a horrible day for them to be born and a horrible time for them to have their birthday.
But I reflected and prayed, and I realised there wasn't anything better that could have happened to me, that we were given these beautiful children to remind us that there is still light, and life, and I remember everyone that we lost through that.
So we welcome Lior Naama and Arielle Emily 🤍
Their first day definitely had a lot of tears, but nearly all from their mother, rather than them!
#religion
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