One of my favorite follows on Instagram is Erin Foster (and her sister Sara Foster). They are funny, witty, smart, quirky, beautiful, and real. So when they came out with a new show on Netflix “Nobody Wants This” — I jumped on the bandwagon to watch it. Sure enough, I binged the whole show over the weekend. I loved it so much — the jewish aspect of it (The main girl falls in love with a Rabbi so there are a lot of Jewish traditions throughout the show), the romcom, the humor, all of it.
HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Cute, easy, fun.
All this to say, in Episode 5 is all about Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest) and how in the jewish traditions, families come together to spend quality time together. As a Jew (but not a religious one), I have taken to celebrating Shabbat by having friends and family over on Fridays for a low key family get together. It is one of my favorite evenings — the randomness of who shows up, what we eat, how it unfolds — I love it so much. This past Friday was our first Shabbat since we returned from summer break, and it was such a lovely evening. Kids running around, pizza, math homework help, etc….
Lounging together.
And we had boxed wine (will do a blog post on this — because it was so fun and different — just you wait).
We just are together, nothing fancy, nothing religious, just all eating, drinking, laughing and spending time together. SO, in episode 5 of the Netflix show, it reminded me of how you can celebrate Shabbat any way — it is just being with those you love. So, I will continue to host, put together these evenings (everyone and anyone welcome!) — they are so much fun. I highly suggest you all celebrating some type of shabbat (no need to be religious!) and watch “Nobody Wants This” STAT.
