I ended up coordinating with my friend in the Ashdod group to do Shabbat together. I was planning to do something small and low key here, and they were planning something similar as well. In the end, I rounded up 6 people from Ramla, and we had dinner for 12 in Ashdod where we ended up spending the night. Not only was the apartment awesome, but they also have a great location just a few minutes from the beach walking. We went down almost as soon as we arrived, where I took an opportunity to take a late afternoon swim in the Mediterranean. All clean (maybe a little sandy and salty) we headed back to the apartment to begin our cooking. Being Pesach, there were of course a few questions - like can we say Hamotzi over the matzah? We ended up finding the prayer for the matzah from a haggadah, and going with that. I offered to do Kiddush, which was nice. On the left is a picture of the table which I set, you can see our contribution - the wine. Plans to save some for Havdallah didn't really work out so well, it was a thirsty table.
Dinner was Matzah ball soup, some salads of different vegetables and chicken.
You can see us preparing the meal in the third photo. Sasha, Jeff and Josh all contributed towards the tasty treats we later consumed. In the photo below, Allison pauses from tending the stove where the main course is being prepared.
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