{"id":197,"date":"2010-06-06T12:27:21","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T12:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2010\/06\/shabbat-dinner-behind-closed-doors.html"},"modified":"2010-06-06T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T12:27:21","slug":"shabbat-dinner-behind-closed-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/homeshuling\/2010\/06\/shabbat-dinner-behind-closed-doors.html","title":{"rendered":"Shabbat dinner &#8211; behind closed doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the grownups were sitting around the kitchen table on Friday night, drinking homebrew and eating chinese takeout (a real treat for me, after spending the afternoon digging a garden), here&#8217;s what the kids were up to. I wouldn&#8217;t have had a clue had they not also swiped the camera.<\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/bounce%20house6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bounce house6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/86\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/06\/bounce house6-thumb-320x240-14586.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/bounce%20house3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bounce house3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/86\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/06\/bounce house3-thumb-320x240-14588.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/bounce%20house2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bounce house2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/86\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/06\/bounce house2-thumb-320x240-14590.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/bounce%20house5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bounce house5.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/86\/import\/assets_c\/2010\/06\/bounce house5-thumb-320x240-14592.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>I guess I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised, given Zoe&#8217;s reaction to a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2010\/01\/a-new-tradition.html\">havdallah gathering<\/a> we attended a few months ago.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the grownups were sitting around the kitchen table on Friday night, drinking homebrew and eating chinese takeout (a real treat for me, after spending the afternoon digging a garden), here&#8217;s what the kids were up to. 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