What a week!

So much has happened since Tuesday (when I last wrote)!  Wednesday and Thursday were pretty much just normal days for me.  On Thursday nights my friend Kari organizes Disney b'Ivreet (Disney in Hebrew) for whoever wants to come, so this week we watched Peter Pan.  After the movie was over I just sat and talked with a few friends and then went to bed.  Friday morning I woke up and went to the shuk, as usual.  I got 2 pomegranates for 6 shekels.  I ate one today and it was SO sweet and delicious.  I also got clementines, golden raisins, and maybe some more stuff, I don't really remember.  Friday night I got set up for dinner by this guy named Jeff Seidel.  His set ups are almost always with crazy, rich, orthodox people and my set up was no exception.  There were about 20 people in this really nice house in the old city.  The food was really good, but it came with a price.  One thing was that we talked about the parasha for almost the entire meal.  Another thing was that they made us go around the table and say what we are thankful to HaShem for.  When it came time to do kiddush the mom of the house was like all boys should try and practice now because if you want to get married soon you're going to have to know how to do it...I was just like Oh God.  They also had this little daughter named Sophie who kept trying to talk and quote Rashi.  It was insane.  After dinner I just went to bed.

Today I woke up late (terrible Jew, I know.  I had enough from last night), and then went to lunch with Jake at these family friends of his.  That was a lot better than last night and the good was good.  After lunch we put together 300 small bags of candy to give out tomorrow at this carnival for underprivileged kids.  The story of the carnival is this: Jake's dad's good friend, Dov,  made aliyah recently and now runs this organization called My Brother's Keeper, that does all kinds of programs for poor kids who live in the bad parts of Jerusalem.  He buys winter coats, school supplies, food, etc.  Sometimes he has big barbecues for them, but tomorrow he is making a big carnival, so Jake got a whole bunch of Nativers to help out.  So, we made candy bags to give out.  After we made the bags, I ate my first dinner of the night (grilled cheese on my friends sandwich maker), and then studied for my art history midterm (which is tomorrow) for a little, and then got dressed for the 12th (I think) annual Rav Shlomo Carlebach memorial concert, where a bunch of singers get up and sing Carlebach songs.  The concert was insane.  There were tons of people there, lots of dancing and singing and clapping along.  Some people who get really into it dance kind of crazy.  After the concert I went to Burger's Bar for a real dinner, and now I'm studying more for art history.

Goodnight (soon I hope, for me.  I'm tired)

-Sarah