Thank You and Goodbye.
On Monday night I celebrated surviving the fire* with a "Se'udat Hoda'ah", a Jewish custom that I had never heard of until I made preparations to attend synagogue on my return to the UK to say "Birkat HaGomel", the blessing of thanksgiving recited at the reading of the Torah by a person delivered from danger. "Se'udat Hoda'ah" is a formal meal acknowledging your gratitude following an occasion where your life was at risk. In historical times, Jewish people would bring an offe
