Every time I write my monthly article, it is either before or after a holiday. I hope everyone had a wonderful Pesach. Passover has always been my favorite holiday. As a child, I loved getting together with the Brecher family (a gathering of at least twenty-five). Dad was one of four siblings. I was the baby of the eight cousins, eight years younger than the rest. I asked the four questions for more years than it took to get out of the desert! I fast forward through the childhood years of Danny and Amanda and on to the present day. For our first seder there was a small group of eleven–basically my family (now five, including Danny's girfriend, Alex) at my brother's house. Amanda was the youngest. The following night we had seventeen hungry family members, which included my great nieces, Hillary, age five, and Ella, age seven.
Having children at a seder makes all the difference in the world. We had plague finger puppets, jumping frogs and songs both new and old. It was cute seeing Hillary singing the frog song that her dad, Scotty, sang a short thirty-four years ago, "Frogs here, frogs there, frogs are jumping everywhere!" Of course I made my nephew jump around and sing also. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND renting two young children for the seders!
Please join us on May 5th for a fun-filled Open House/Fun Day at the shul, co-sponsored by Crestwood Day Camp. There will be lots of fun and games for the children. Tell a friend, bring a neighbor and let them see what the ENJC is all about!
May everyone enjoy the nice Spring weather!