This is not the way I want to spend a holiday – certainly not Sukkot – My plan had been to be surrounded by children and grandchildren, or, as an alternative, getting a massage and mud bath at the Dead Sea.  But we’re not going anywhere – we’re too chicken.  And the kids should stay close to home as well, and not be influenced by a scaredy-cat granny.  (I’m usually much more of a heroine – but right now I’m not there.)