Shma

Every night before we go to sleep, I say to Esther Frayda "lets close our eyes and say Sh'ma". This is the Jewish prayer that you say before you go to sleep: "Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad." Well tonight I said the first 2 words then Esther Frayda said "Adonai" as she was covering her eyes. The sound of her voice uttering the most sacred word in Judaism was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard.

It was so cute, we were in Ikea today and Esther Frayda just finished eating a bag of chips as we were passing the bathroom area. Ikea had all these faucet displays and Esther Frayda got so excited and wanted to wash her hands. I tried to explain to her that we couldn't wash her hands because there was no water, that they were :fake" faucets but that's a difficult concept to get across to a two year old! Anyways she was not too happy about not being able to wash her hands. She was looking at me so desperately saying "wash, wash" as if I didn't understand what she wanted. My sweet little baby:)