That Time When I Celebrated Hanukkah
The Kindling of Hanukkah Menorah Do you know that in orthodox Jewish tradition they're not allowed to eat pork? It was December 27th, 2016 and I was recuperating from my Christmas hangover. We didn't really have any plans sorted out other than going on a road trip to San Francisco a few days later, and as usual Palmer just plainly, spontaneously blurted out his plans, a few minutes before it. "We're gonna go to Zach's place. He's celebrating Hanukkah and he invited us". My eyes opened wide. It’s been my dream to see a Jewish celebration! So we drove to Zach’s apartment. His mom, Michelle was there along with his roommates and friends. I was a little bit nervous. Any specific prayer I should know of? What kind of rituals are we going to do? Do they think I’m weird? I went straight to the kitchen. Carina, Zach’s significant other was cooking Matzah ball soup with his mom. Mmmm, smells like dill and mi...

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