B"H

Jomtien Beach

Thailand

Thursday

October 9, 2025

 

Hello,

 

I was blessed with three separate birthday events this year.

 

On Thursday, September 18, my actual birthday, I decided to attend the morning prayer service at my synagogue.  I hadn't been in shul for two years. My friend Shmuel Avraham helped me straighten my tallis.  Rabbi Kantor was pleased to see me.  He assisted me with the tefillin and in the siddur, directed me to the Schema, the proper prayer.  On Thursday the Torah is read and since I am a Levi, I was called up for an Aliyah.  Of course!   I can still read and chant the Hebrew prayers.

 

The remainder of the day was quite normal. My Bangkok friends were either out of town or unable to meet me.  I did a little shopping, prepared meals, and read a bit.  

 

On Saturday, September 27, my friends Bijan and Lita organized a wonderful late afternoon-early evening birthday party at their condominium building at Jomtien Beach.  The 26th floor meeting room has an extended balcony that overlooks the Gulf of Siam.