Those of you who aren't Jewish or observant probably look at the observance of the Sabbath as a burden to be endured. But for those of us who keep the Sabbath, we honestly don't know how you all survive without one day a week to refresh and recharge. After the week I've had, I needed 25 hours to just relax, unwind, sleep, play cards with the kids and enjoy some spiritual refocusing. Everyone took a much-needed afternoon nap. Even Cooper chilled.
The one thing that was very strange was that by 10 o'clock Saturday morning, the campground was nearly empty. In most state parks, the campgrounds fill up Friday afternoon and are packed until Sunday with weekend campers. Here in Yellowstone National Park, because we are so far away from any major cities, people who are on a week's vacation evidently leave Saturday morning and use Saturday and Sunday to get home and ready to go back to work Monday morning. So it was unusually quiet in the campground for us. But I'm not complaining.
One thing I do need is a decent cup or glass to use to make the Sabbath blessing over the wine on Friday night and Saturday lunch - a Kiddush cup. The gift shop kitsch in Yellowstone just doesn't fit the bill. Our friends Hillel and Karen Zeitlin have a collection of shot glasses from around the world. Pinky says it's always fun to see which glass you get when you are invited to one of their Sabbath meals. So I think we may pick up three to use on the trip and start a new family collection. That would be yet another collection to add to Sam's mortar and pestle collection, my pin collection, Daniel's playing card collection and Amalia's spoon collection. This will definitely push us into the "Overdoing It" category. Well, at least our vices are harmless, unless you're the one doing the dusting!
Keren, Kids and Cooper
Monday, May 19, 2008
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