Pause, Celebrate, Enjoy!
Sarasota, FL – (If this is your first read of ShabbatPlaylists, my mom suffers from Lewy body dementia sprinkled with a strong dose of Parkinson’s disease.) Sometimes Mom’s words make sense and sometimes they are mumbo jumbo like from the song titled Mumbo Jumbo in the 1966 musical “Stop the World I Want to Get […]
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Sarasota, FL – There are those times when the Sabbath must be celebrated not exactly on Friday or Saturday because of extenuating circumstances. When that happens, it calls for an alternate plan. This was that SABBATH. Merik Shechter and Jake Weinberger have been best friends since about 6th grade. They met as Merik was a […]
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Sarasota, FL – Part I: 5:45 p.m. on May 26th, Sam Schneider texts, “Perhaps Steve, Tali, you and I can go on the boat and do a Shabbat cruise until sunset.” I was out the door, drove home, picked up Steve, grabbed a bathing suit and drove to Sam and Tali’s home by 6:15. We walk […]
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Sarasota, FL – March 17, 2017 While Shabbat always remains about the pause and the reflection of the week, sometimes I get overjoyed just about searching out a new wine with a unique name. Publix’s wine aisle did not disappoint. I resurrected Ménage à Trois wine from a previous Shabbat; felt inspired by the wine The Beach […]
Read MoreApril 14-15, 2017 – Sarasota, FL Toronto, Canada & Ft. Atkinson, WI – While some may argue that traveling is taboo on the Sabbath, I counter that traveling on the Sabbath to celebrate family, friends, shows, and good eats Weinberger Style, we commemorate the Sabbath. Steve flew to Ft. Atkinson, WI and met Gabe, Erin’s boyfriend, for the […]
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Sarasota, FL & Asheville, NC. – This Shabbat 24 hour pause is nothing short of a miracles. As the Sabbath began, so did our adventures. Steve and I headed to Asheville as we were guests along with the Couto family for the Autism Symposium. The quick backstory (see Shabbat Playlist #33): Everett was a camper at […]
Read MoreSarasota, FL – My husband, Steve, had a Shabbat birthday this year which prompts extra creativity on my part. Usually the Wednesday morning conversation leads to possible Shabbat plans. My response this time was “I got this.” During our 30 years of couplehood, we play who can top that. This birthday was no different. Erin, […]
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Boca Raton, FL – Back in 2008, our friends Gabi and Orna Klein, invited us along with Sam and Tali Schneider to the Asolo Rep Theater to the show Working, a Studs Terkel story with some new Lin-Manuel Miranda songs sprinkled in. After the thought-provoking show, we stopped at the Starbucks on University for a […]
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Ft. Atkinson, WI – Traveling always creates challenges for celebrating Shabbat. First, one doesn’t know if it is possible to have the props of Shabbat, and in this case, I wasn’t sure if Erin or members of the Beauty and Beast from the Fireside Theater cast were interested or intrigued by the moment. So I […]
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We, Jews, do not bury or memorialize on the Sabbath, as it is a day of pause and rest, but luckily, we have the daytime prior to sundown to wrap up business. While Grandma Carol’s service took place at Temple Emanu-El on February 2, we had not officially laid her to rest until this day. […]
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