So, on Tuesday night (5/16/06) we bought Ari back from the Kohen - A Jewish ritual preserved for the redemption of the first born son. After a crazy few days of trying to secure a Kohen and the 5 silver coins - we managed to pull together a special, intimate ceremony. I spent most of the morning running from bank to bank - attempting to buy pure silver dollars. Lavi spent most of the morning back and forth on the phone with Rabbis trying to collect the 5 coins. In the end - he did a better job than me. All I was able to do was get confirmation from a synagogue in Greenwich that they carried the 'chocolate' ones. Not much help that would be. Little did we know - my mom had 7 silver dollars stashed away in the house. Oy. Anyway - we blessed, we drank and we ate. All the components of a true Jewish ceremony!
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