Saturday, January 16, 2021

Hanukkah and Christmas gifts.

Hello dear friends,


Because of the COVID-19 situation, the mail service is very slow.  The first of my overseas gifts, sent by a blog friend, arrived 2 days ago.  And. as we all know the proverb "BETTER LATE THAN NEVER" I am touched and moved to tears with my gifts from one of the most generous persons on the blogs, Ricardo.

There were two parcels.  One of them containing a collection of postcards from Charles Dickens's novel "A Chrismas Carol".  I remember seeing on my friends' blogs the little shelf with the 3 files held by the wooden corners displaying a cute little bear.  Don't be mistaken, I was glad for you, my dear friends but a little envious. Now I too am the proud owner of these. 



The second parcel was beautifully crafted especially for me (here comes the part of the watery eyes).

The Hannukah Menorah, (remember the children's work I showed in one of my previous posts).  It is packed in a red felt-lined wooden box, with a pyrographed cover, saying Happy Hannukah in Hebrew. A lovely little Hannukah card and a traditional Hannukah Dreidel which I'll explain separately. The Jewish religious with Hebrew letters scroll is really beautiful.  The round wooden box the scroll packing is a clever work of art by itself. There was no way to show its inside on a photo.










The dreidel is a small spinning toy.  It has a Hebrew letter on each of its 4 sides. נ ג ה פ  - Ness Gadol Haya Po which means a Great Miracle Happened Here. The letters have a numeric value.  In addition to their holiday gifts,  each child gets his turn to spin the dreidel and gets a prize of small change according to the value of the letter which shows on top of the toy at the end of the spinning.  This is what is called in Hebrew Hannukah cents.

I am thrilled and happy with my wonderful new treasures and don't have enough words of thanks to express my gratitude for your kind gesture, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, DEAR RICARDO!

Blessing and safety to all my friends. Have a wonderful weekend.


39 comments:

  1. Ricardo has made you a very thoughtful and special personal gift, Drora, how very kind of him. The mini books too are special, Dickens is well known in the world, so you got a mini gem under the books of your own now. Thank you for explaining the gift of Hannukah and of how it has to be used, very instructive.
    Blessings to you and a happy weekend! Stay safe, take care, dearest Drora.
    Warm hugs, Ilona

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  2. Felicidades!!! Yo también recibí el libro de Ricardo y sé lo especial que es. El correo por aquí también va un poco lento, pero los regalos tardíos sientan de maravilla porque el hecho de que no los esperas hacen mayor la sorpresa. Un abrazo

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  3. Presiosos tus regalos, difrutalos mucho. Los libritos de Ricardo son muy especiales, una sorpresa que no se espera es doblemente gratificante.
    Besitos y cuidate mucho

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  4. Disfruta de esos bellos regalostan especiales, cuidate ,besos

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  5. Muchas felicidades por esos preciosos regalos, que seguro disfrutarás mucho.
    Un abrazo y cuídate mucho.

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  6. Dear Drora

    .Such gorgeous presents and a kind gesture from Robert
    .Enjoy the lovely gifts

    Kind regards
    Nina

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  7. Un regalo precioso!!! No me extraña que estés emocionada, es para estarlo Drora.
    Espero que pronto vayas recibiendo los que están todavía en camino, yo estoy cruzando los dedos!!!
    Besos.

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  8. Beautiful gifts from Ricardo.
    I'm so sorry my gift hasn't arrived yet.

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  9. Lo importante es que han llegado y son preciosos.

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  10. Believe me... even I was touched by this wonderful gesture! Not only that Ricardo is so very generous and kind, but these gifts he made just for you are so very special... WOW! Enjoy - you deserve to be spoiled. And you know that I'm very relaxed in the meantime when it comes to packages arriving in Israel... *tweet*

    Hugs
    Birgit

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  12. Es todo un detalle.
    Ricardo ha sembrado el mundo con sus libros y además te ha .
    No me extraña que estés emocionada.

    Un saludo.personalizado un gran tesoro

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