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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Menorah lighting

The president hosted a ceremony to light a menorah the other day, this year in the Entrance Hall. They clearly do these lighting ceremonies in locations with tile floors to minimize the risk of the president a clumsy person burning down the mansion, but you would think the East Room would be a better place. Just put down a fire-resistant rug or something. In preparation for hosting the menorah lighting, they had the Kitchen kosherized again.

4 Comments:

At Wednesday, December 12, 2007 , Anonymous Becky said...

I'm so happy to see they moved the Menorah to the first floor, and they kosherized the kitchen (again). I have kosherized my kitchen for entertaining and it's a lovely process. I wish I could have witnessed it.
Anyway, Oooooh. Careful, now. That big bad candle might just set the WH aflame worse than it was in 1814.

 
At Wednesday, December 12, 2007 , Blogger Dennis said...

Perhaps the Jewish people would not be comfortable lighting the Menorah in the East Room with its Nativity scene. Looking at the photos, it looks to be a very nice event. Since the front door is primarily ceremonial, the Entrance Hall has become a room in its own right, as I have noted before.

 
At Friday, December 14, 2007 , Blogger Derek said...

Becky-- I've baptized my kitchen. And, at one point, I had to exorcise my exercise room.

Dennis-- Good point. Maybe it would help add a mohel to the scene. "Let's see, there's Melchior, Balthazar, Casper... and Dr. Fishman."

 
At Friday, December 14, 2007 , Blogger John in NOLA said...

Oy!

 

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