{"id":74,"date":"2009-06-19T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T18:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2009\/06\/why-rush-into-things.html"},"modified":"2009-06-19T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T18:36:09","slug":"why-rush-into-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/homeshuling\/2009\/06\/why-rush-into-things.html","title":{"rendered":"Why rush into things?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width:262px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-641\" src=\"https:\/\/homeshuling.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/shabbat-table.jpg\" alt=\"the calm before the storm\" width=\"262\" height=\"350\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">the calm before the storm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s 6:30, an hour after we usually start shabbat dinner during the school year, no matter what time the sun sets. But this is the first friday of vacation. My husband stopped for a drink on his way home to celebrate <em>his<\/em> last day of school, and the kids are playing a game which has something to do with Sasha and Malia Obama and Tinkerbell. Everything is ready, but no one seems to be in a rush to start dinner, least of all, me. I&#8217;m having a glass of Calvados and sitting quietly in the kitchen table enjoying my own pre-shabbat shabbat. It may be the most relaxing moment of the next 24 hours.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-640 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/homeshuling.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/photo-45.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"l'chayim\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>L&#8217;chayim, mommies. And Shabbat Shalom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 the calm before the storm It&#8217;s 6:30, an hour after we usually start shabbat dinner during the school year, no matter what time the sun sets. But this is the first friday of vacation. 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