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So tomorrow I go back to work. The end of my freedom, the end of sleeping late, not that I do, as I am up by 8:00 am most days here. I will have to get up at 5:11am tomorrow. Why 5:11? So I can snooze to 5:20. :P There is a mathematical reasoning behind that. I would like to say I am ready to go back to work, but I have been enjoying my time off and been a combination of productive and creative. I did not get to writing but I got to some graphics I wanted to make and that was fun. So back I go.

Today, I got something done that I have wanted to do for a while. As you know, I spend much time here posting about Hanukkah and the ritual is a good feeling, the observance. It is centering and grounding in a way that makes me think that Judaism really is a part of my life. Sooo. I have for some time been pondering adding in the observance of Shabbat into my life. This is the weekly thing and I am sure I will bore you with more details on that later but I got myself over to the "Afikommen" (the Judaica store in Oakland) and did some shopping. What I was looking for was the candle sticks for sabbath, the candles and a small guide on how to observe and the symbolism of it all. I found everything I needed and made some connection in the community as well. We haggled prices which was very fun and seemed very true to the experience to me. I just had a whole bunch of fun with that.

So, behind the cut are my shabbat candles and candle sticks.

I bought a guide called "The Sabbath" by Samuel Dresner and I think this will all get me started. They tried to sell me the snazzy candles (6 for 20.00) but I got the big box of 72 candles for 10.00. I am Jewish and that was the better deal. I am going to burn these candles, not look at them right? No meshugeneh here.

Cheers and good night.