Iran (part 3). Hopefully the final part....

 

First siren Saturday morning. SO thankful that we had a normal night before this all went down....

We had a full house for Shabbat, b''H. Malden's own Ariella with Chaim and their beyond-adorable kids (3 and 9 months) and Ilana's friend Noa. And then two guys from the local Yeshiva for lunch. Despite a bunch of times in the mamad, a lovely Shabbat.  Since we don't use phones etc on Shabbat we had little clue what exactly was going on, but, from a faith perspective it was great: a reminder that it's all from Above and scrolling is not really important.

Our guests all decided to go back home to Jerusalem and made it safely, b''H. Menashe even was able to take the bus there and back without sirens to get things they needed to temporarily move in here.

Ilana's seminary roommate and her father are in Israel on a trip and the needed to leave their AirB&B, so we trooped upstairs after Shabbat ended and changed sheets and cleaned up for the next in the revolving door :).

It is wild that this is all going down in the Hebrew month of Adar with Purim just a few days away. We are truly reliving the Purim story (and, hey, Iran--it didn't turn out so well for you guys the last time either).

Praying for peace, safety and security in our beautiful holy land. Praying for peace throughout the wold.