So, We Moved...Again!!!

 

 

 

It seems that the challenge of living 7000 feet in the air (originally I thought 6000...I was wrong. We were situated @ the highest point of The Springs!) has been too much for me. I just never acclimated to such thin thin air. So, we have kissed Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak good-bye, and said hello to Centennial, which is 1500 feet lower in elevation. It can only help! I did not think that the beauty could get any better, but I was wrong about that too. We are sitting facing a state park, hence, the 180 degree vista is waaaaay more than I could have imagined. These pics are from Monday and Tuesday nights' sunset, respectively. There is much more sky, the sunsets seem to go on and on and on, and then on even more.

We are so so grateful to be here, although deeply exhausted, looking forward to yet another new chapter...it begins...the Centennial house!

  'And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, to go by day and night.'

Exodus 13:21

ps. The kitty's and the  frozen pesto made the hour journey North w/out issue....whew on both counts!!!

Happy Passover!

Jewish Family at the Seder table

The youngest child asking the 4 questions, starting with, 'Why is this night different from all other nights?', as the Father  eats in a reclining position.

 The Haggadah (Hebrew, meaning, 'the telling'), the great book of freedom, tells the story of the Exodus of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. One of Judaism's most popular works of literature, it has been used during the Seder meal of the holiday of Passover, or Pesach, for over 1000 years!

Jewish artists first began illustrating the Haggadah during the Middle Ages. The Sarajevo Haggadah of the 14th Century is a well known example. A vibrant tradition still observed today.

One of the most beautiful and moving of all illustrated Haggodot is the beloved Haggadah of Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). Drawn and first published during the rise of Hitler, the Szyk Haggadah is a triumphant and enduring work of hope and courage, the supreme expression of one artists love for his people and his heritage.

To my Family and Friends, a sweet sweet Passover for All!!!
'Next year in Jerusalem'

Passover....

Applying the blood of the lamb on the doorposts and lintel..

'Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.'

Exodus 12:21-24

...and so from generation to generation, we celebrate the epic deliverance from the bondage of slavery to the true freedom our ancestors gained!
Happy Passover!!!

Go Down Moses

'Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord," 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.'

Exodus 8:1

'When Israel was in Egypt's land
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go

Go down Moses
Way down in Egypt's land
Tell old, Pharoh
Let my people go!

Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said
Let my people go
If not, I'll smite your first born dead
Let my people go

Go down Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land,
Tell old, Pharoh,
Let my people go!

No more shall they in bondage toil
Let my people go
Let them come out with Egypt's spoil
Let my people go

Go down Moses
Way down in Egypt's land
Tell old, Pharoh
Let my people go!'

Negro Spiritual, around 1862
This song is sung at many a Sedar celebration during the reading of the Haggadah.

Happy Passover!!
(read the entire story of Passover here)