I just finished reading a
Jewish newspaper that a friend sent me from the States and I am
totally confused!!! This paper had over 20 pages of ads from
various Pesach programs and I can’t make up my mind. Please read
my dilemma and if you can help me, email me your advice at
Shmuel@jewishisrael.org. I would greatly appreciate it.
My first choice was actually
one of the many hotels in Florida. My favorite one advertises a
“Hawaiian Luau Night”. What a great Pesach experience… matzah,
marror and a good old-fashioned Hawaiian Luau. I was about to make
my reservation but noticed that the ad did not say “non-gebrokts”.
Hey, Luau or no Luau, I insist on non-gebrokts only! What do you
think I am… some kind of modern Jew???
The next ad I liked was about
Pesach in Greece. The ad boasted, “an enlisting atmosphere of
Torah”. Think about that. A few months ago we celebrated Chanukah
when the Greeks did not allow Jews to study Torah and now Jews are
traveling on Pesach to Greece to have “an enlisting atmosphere of
Torah”. Boy, have times changed!
My wife refused to go to
Greece. Why couldn’t I marry a true Eyshet Chayil? So, I had to
look further. The next ad was for a beautiful hotel in Cancun.
WOW!!! Pesach in the Caribbean!! How holy is that???!!! To make
things really exciting, the ad said the following;
“Chassidishe and Bais Yosef Shechita”. I have to admit that I have
no idea what that means but it sounds very “machmir” and we
all know that machmir is good. Can you imagine being
machmir in Cancun? As my kids would say: COOOOOL!!
Well, we found out that it’s
too hot in Cancun so we kept looking. Let’s see; there was Pesach
in Los Cabos that said “Glatt Kosher and Scuba Diving” (but is the
“Glatt” in Los Cabos also Bais Yosef?), Pesach in Italy on the
Italian Riviera, Pesach in Las Vegas that boasts a “World
championship golf course, 18,000 square ft European Spa and a
Fully stocked Bais Medrash” (but how far is the Bais Medrash from
the European Spa? I hate walking on Pesach) and Pesach in Disney
with “100% hand Shmurah matzah, Daf Yomi and totally non-gebrokts”
(does Mickey know that too??).
I’m telling you this is
hurting my Shalom Bayis! I want Greece but my wife absolutely
refuses. She wants Los Cabos. (Where is that any way???). Two of
my kids want Disney while my frum son insists on Chassidishe
shechita which would leave us only with Cancun!
My daughter tells me that the
Rav of the shul we used to dovin in is the Scholar-in-Residence in
Spain where the ad says “No Kitnios”. But when I demanded to know
how fully stocked their Bais Medrash was she could not answer
me!!! I’m telling you… kids today just don’t get it!
So what do I do? I called my
Rav back in New York and asked him what he felt. He said that he’s
going to Disney and if I book through him I can save 10%. Any
suggestions?
