For the first time in memory, all of my children stayed awake for the whole seder. In the past years, we usually lost one or more before the main meal. Last year, one of my children fell asleep on the sofa and we woke him up to say "Pesach, Matza and Maror". He then went back to bed. My parents attended the seder with us this year. I'm not sure how many more chances we will have to celebrate pesach with them. The travel is harder each year and my father is visibly aging. In past years, my father was the king of the seder. He belted out the sing-song chant that we use for the hagada and he led the discussions. This year, he was a silent participant while I took over the singing. On chol-ha-moed, we first went off-roading with our friends the Moritz's down south, just below Hebron and within the 1949 borders. The Jewish National fund has planted about 3 million trees in that area since 1956. The location is just north of the ...
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