DEAL: Discount Hermon admission!

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Check out this Groo deal for discount admission to the Hermon!!

The deal got better! Click here for the updated deal!

Check this out! Admission to the Hermon for just 34 nis!
Redeem your voucher any day this winter that the site is open, thru March 30, 2019. Hours of operation: 8 am - 4pm
Any person over age 3 must have a ticket.
Ticket options are as follows: 34 nis for admission only
80 nis for admission plus round trip cable car ride
99 nis for admission, round trip cable car ride, plus ONE "extreme attraction".
319 nis for family admission (4 people) plus tound trip cable car rides
389 nis for family admission (4 people) plus round trip cable car rides and one "extreme attraction".

Tip: No cars will be allowed in after 3 pm. Last cable car ride is at 3:20 pm. Last "extreme attraction" ride is at 3:30 pm.

Groo deals often sell out quickly, so be sure to order before the deal ends!

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Shabbat Menu

I haven't blogged a Shabbat Menu in a really, really long time.

I don't even know if I should be blogging Shabbat menus... but one of my children said it was really good back when I blogged menus, because it helped them prepare. (My kids don't exactly like surprises!)

And this week we had enough things that threw us off and disrupted our routine, even though we didn't actually have sirens in Katzrin, just lots of commotion. We had just enough tension in the air that no one felt like anything was normal and everyone was just waiting to find out what surprise awaited ahead...

So I'm having some mercy on my surprise-averse, need-to-know-what's-coming children, and I'll give them the Shabbat Menu. Since it is, after all, one of the very few things I can actually control in life. Despite the fact that kids often ascribe superpowers to their Moms, I have come to realize that there is almost nothing I can control around here...

Like: I cannot control when there will be a siren alerting us to incoming rockets (read: missiles) headed our way, and I cannot control the fact that the skies sometimes get filled with military aircraft... and on a more normal level, I can't control my kids' friends, who can sometimes act in a not-so-friendly way, and I can't control who wins a contest, or who missed the bus, or who caught a cold, or who got a mosquito bite in THE most annoying place.

Heck, I can't even control the a/c - it died a sudden death last week. And it took a bit of time to get it fixed and even then, for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to reset the remote control! (Talk about not being able to control things...)

So, back to the one thing I can control.

The Shabbat Menu

This week's Shabbat Menu is heavily influenced by whatever we happen to have in the house, as it was a "not doing much shopping" sort of week. Because last week I may have bought too much food, and as a result, I minimized the shopping this week.

Spelt Challah (using a variation of this recipe, only I'm going to use White Spelt Flour, because I cannot control my family's preference for White Challah AT ALL, and I am giving in - they can have whole grain breads during the week and I'll indulge and make them White Challah for Shabbat!) - and some challah rolls for seudah shlishit 

Orange Vegetable Soup I scored a piece of pumpkin and butternut squash and carrots for 2 shekels/kg, so why not?

Spicy Roast Chicken with Rice (for Fri. night and for lunch. Who needs variety on a week like this anyway?)

Vegetarian Rice for my favorite vegetarian teenager

Roast Sweet Potatoes - probably the spicy kind (for Fri. night)

Potato Kugel recipe here (for Fri. night and for lunch. Because despite what our friend Shimshon says about kugel, because he has something against kugel, MY kugel does not give people heartburn! And for certain members of my family, kugel is THE flavor of Shabbat - not zchug, Shimshon. Just not! Yeah, I guess that makes us very, very Ashkenazi. But I think you might have known that already!)

Cut Veggies

Cabbage Salad

Black Bean Cholent vegan, but non-vegans like it too! (to be served at lunch)

Cinnamon Cake  made the easy, vegan way (for desserts)

Banana Coconut Cake the best way to use up overripe bananas (this will be served at kiddush - we host a minyan in our house - and yes, it's the Ashkenaz minyan. Don't tell me you're surprised, please!)

I usually also make hard boiled eggs, a pot of pasta or a pot of boiled potatoes, for turning into egg salad and pasta or potato salad for seudah shlishit. If I don't get around to that, we'll have whatever we can find (peanut butter and jelly, anyone?)!

What's on your Shabbat menu? Anything exotic? Or are you also sticking to the familiar to make sure you feel like your feet are on the ground?

Subsidized Glasses in the Golan!

Residents of the Golan, here's another chance to get a really affordable glasses.

Today, Tuesday, October 24, 2017 (sorry for the late notice!!), you'll have a chance to get subsidized glasses, this time in Katzrin. Eye exams will NOT be available, so please only come if you either just need new glasses with the same prescription as your old ones, OR if you have a written script for your new prescription. You'll be able to get a pair of glasses (standard frames + standard lenses!) for just 100 shekels! Specialty lenses are subsidized on a different scale (multifocals, for example, will cost 600nis and transition lenses for most prescriptions will cost 300nis - still a really awesome deal! My high index lenses cost an extra 200nis, the cost varies by exactly what you need), and some frames are a bit more expensive, but still affordable.

The event will take place at the Merkaz Tzeirim offices in Katzrin (behind the library), from 8:30pm -10pm ONLY.

Please note: Glasses are not made on the spot. You will receive a text message when they are ready to be picked up, at the same place where you order them.

Hope this helps some of you out there! There's been a lot of discussion about the cost of glasses lately.

Be sure not to miss out on more ways to save money - find me on Facebook! 

I'm sure there will be similar programs in other towns - please let me know if you know of any!


P.S. I am not affiliated with the organizations sponsoring this or any similar events. I was not compensated to post this information. I received a press release, and have passed this information on as a public service.

Discount Eye Exams and Glasses - TODAY!

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Sorry for the late notice, I have had personal things to take care of and this slipped past me.

 

Residents of Far Northern Israel - it's back! Here's your chance to get a really affordable eye exam and glasses if you missed it a few weeks ago.

Today, Thursday March 9, 2017 you have another chance to get subsidized eye exams and glasses, again in the Golan. You'll be able to get a pair of glasses - frames + lenses for just 100 shekels! There is an option to have this fee waived in case of need. Please send a text to 052-4701380 to request a waiver.

 
The event will take place at Mercaz Tze'irim in Katzrin (Library building, rear entrance). It's sponsored by "Pitchon Lev" and "Ezra Ba'Re'iyah".

Eye exams are available from 11am - 6pm

Hope this helps some of you out there! There's been a lot of discussion about the cost of glasses lately.
I'm sure there will be similar programs in other towns - please let me know if you know of any!

More Discount Eyeglasses - this time in the Golan

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Residents of Far Northern Israel - it's back! Here's your chance to get a really affordable eye exam and glasses if you missed it in Karmiel a few weeks ago!

This Friday, February 17, 2017 you have another chance to get subsidized eye exams and glasses, this time in the Golan. You'll be able to get a pair of glasses - frames + lenses for just 100 shekels! There is an option to have this fee waived in case of need. Please send a text to 052-4701380 to request a waiver.

 
The event will take place at Mercaz Tze'irim in Katzrin
(Library building, rear entrance). It's sponsored by "Pitchon Lev" and "Ezra Ba'Re'iyah".

Eye exams are available from 10am - 3pm

Hope this helps some of you out there! There's been a lot of discussion about the cost of glasses lately.
I'm sure there will be similar programs in other towns - please let me know if you know of any!