Yay for Nilly trip!

There's a possibility I may make it to the west coast leg of the trip, though not yet sure about whens and wheres. So deb, you might add me to your Nilly list, too, please. Profile addy's fine.

I wonder how being kosher affects being pregnant and the cravings.

There were actual discussions about that inthe talmud. They took very seriously the cravings of a pregnant woman. I remember a discussion about a pregnant woman craving something to eat on Yom-Kippur (a fast, and pretty much the holiest day of the year. Breaking the fast is a huge deal), and I think that she was supposed to be given what she was craving, if it was really that strong a need (but fed to her in a special way, little by little, with big breaks between each small bite).

But if I had been keeping kosher my whole life, and thus never had bacon, I wonder if I would still crave it?

Well, lots of the cravings come from smelling, so I guess that if you smell bacon being prepared, it can make you crave it. My mom, for example, is really strict about that - if a pregnant woman happens to smell something she was cooking/baking, she pretty much insists on giving her at least a taste (and, um, it's worth it - my mom is a great cook - so mostly nobody objects to that).

[And, again, x-post with Trudy]

Glatt(sp?) Kosher sign

It's an "extra" kosher, especially involving certain aspects of meat.

Children's shoes...at least they're cheaper!

That's the one advantage to it.

I'm moving in with my boyfriend in August

Congratulations!

your travel schedule

Right now it seems like I'll be in DC from the 30 or 31st of August until the 1st of September - the last stop before returning to Israel.

And thanks for clarifying the torch - I think that as long as the oven's temperature is high enough, that's OK.

[Edit: Liese! Yay!]

Nilly, that's about the same size that I wear. One of the best places that I've found for shoes is the children's department at Nordstroms. They sell the childrens lines of Steve Madden, Nine West, Candie's, (I think also Kenneth Cole, but don't quote me on that one), which are generally identical to the adult lines except for a slightly lower heel, and sometimes the leather parts replaced with fabric.

Right now it seems like I'll be in DC from the 30 or 31st of August until the 1st of September - the last stop before returning to Israel.

excellent, I'll be around then, and fully moved, I expect.

Thanks for the shoes tips, Hil.

I'll be around then

Great.

I have to run out - this whole different-timezones-things again.

I remember a discussion about a pregnant woman craving something to eat on Yom-Kippur (a fast, and pretty much the holiest day of the year. Breaking the fast is a huge deal), and I think that she was supposed to be given what she was craving, if it was really that strong a need (but fed to her in a special way, little by little, with big breaks between each small bite).

Wow. Now that's what I call an exception to the rules.

Nilly, there is a Nordstrom's right down the block from my apartment, so maybe we can swing by, if time permits.

Nilly, worth checking out before you leave..

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Nilly, all faxed! Whoot!

The safest way - the one that I use here, at home, in Israel - is to look for stuff that have a kosher certificate approved by a religious authority, both when it comes to products and when it comes to restaurants and the like.

Are all authorities equal? I mean, in NYC there are, I'm sure, different certificates from different kinds of religious authorities.

Just checking.