Dear Ima
Last week we all gathered at your gravesite. Have 18 years really gone by since you left us? It seems like yesterday.
As the years go on and I get older, I watch my children grow up and I have the joy of witnessing a new generation. I think of you alot. Sometimes I seek your advice and imagine how you would have solved a problem.
You’ll never believe how they’ve all grown up. Yair has been married to Hadas for 5 years now and they have 2 (a boy and a girl) very sweet children. Naama is our wonderfully idealistic university student taking after her father and studying archaeology and modern history. Adi (Shlomit) who you never met has just turned 17 – attractive, outgoing and challenging. And our youngest Nadav at 14 is growing up fast both in length and temperament.
Ima you are missing so much – the bar mitzvas, the weddings, the grandchildren and now your great grandchildren – 14 of them!! וכן ירבו
You should know that they all get along wonderfully and every new addition is welcomed in to our wonderful family.
Lately I’ve been helping Aba sort through papers and photographs. It’s a shame you aren’t here to help us – you always were super efficient and what’s more you’d recognize the people in those grainy black and white pictures. We are having such a time figuring out who everybody is.
I’m working on a family tree now – it’s grown so big!
Aba is truly amazing. You needn’t worry – his optimism, alertness and sense of humour encourage us. The great grandchildren rightfully call him “Saba Motek”.
Shavuot is approaching, and 2 days of it. I will scramble through my tatty recipes and find you’re old and tried “Ima’s Cheese Cake”. It’s absolutely the best!!
Ima – you’ve left a big hole but you’re always in my heart and my thoughts.
Love Rachel
Ima's cheese cake
2 9% tubs of cheese
4 eggs separated - beat whites stiff
1 shamenet
1 cup sugar
lemon rind and juice
2 tbspns flour
Last week we all gathered at your gravesite. Have 18 years really gone by since you left us? It seems like yesterday.
As the years go on and I get older, I watch my children grow up and I have the joy of witnessing a new generation. I think of you alot. Sometimes I seek your advice and imagine how you would have solved a problem.
You’ll never believe how they’ve all grown up. Yair has been married to Hadas for 5 years now and they have 2 (a boy and a girl) very sweet children. Naama is our wonderfully idealistic university student taking after her father and studying archaeology and modern history. Adi (Shlomit) who you never met has just turned 17 – attractive, outgoing and challenging. And our youngest Nadav at 14 is growing up fast both in length and temperament.
Ima you are missing so much – the bar mitzvas, the weddings, the grandchildren and now your great grandchildren – 14 of them!! וכן ירבו
You should know that they all get along wonderfully and every new addition is welcomed in to our wonderful family.
Lately I’ve been helping Aba sort through papers and photographs. It’s a shame you aren’t here to help us – you always were super efficient and what’s more you’d recognize the people in those grainy black and white pictures. We are having such a time figuring out who everybody is.
I’m working on a family tree now – it’s grown so big!
Aba is truly amazing. You needn’t worry – his optimism, alertness and sense of humour encourage us. The great grandchildren rightfully call him “Saba Motek”.
Shavuot is approaching, and 2 days of it. I will scramble through my tatty recipes and find you’re old and tried “Ima’s Cheese Cake”. It’s absolutely the best!!
Ima – you’ve left a big hole but you’re always in my heart and my thoughts.
Love Rachel
Ima's cheese cake
2 9% tubs of cheese
4 eggs separated - beat whites stiff
1 shamenet
1 cup sugar
lemon rind and juice
2 tbspns flour
Crush biscuits for the base and drizzle with melted margarine
Mix all ingredients together , then fold in whites
Pour onto crushed biscuits
Bake in slow oven 170 for an hour.
Mix all ingredients together , then fold in whites
Pour onto crushed biscuits
Bake in slow oven 170 for an hour.
