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[Lisa]

I've missed you guys!  What is everyone up to?

[Mishmaat]

I was reading an article from 2004 on Al, not so Sharp, but he weighs a Ton, in the Village Voice. It's a disgusting rag, but this is a scathing editorial.

How've you been?

[ASHISH]

I am waiting for gta4 the biggest game of  all time and my favourite game releases tomorrow cant wait much longer need gta4 now 

[Tzvi Ben Roshel1]

I went to Seduat Mashiach (Mashiach's Meal) at Chabad. The 8th Day of Passover represents The Final Redemption just like the seder represents The Exodus and Original Redemption. Then was Ma'ariv followed by Havdallah and I ran home excited and rushed to re-open the forum but then the server was down for a few minutes, maybe because everyone was eager to get on after Yom Tov!

Maybe I'm also drunk because we drink 4 cups of wine at The Seduat Mashiach. Maybe that's why I'm so excited. The first cup was regular wine and then I had a Chabad brand 4% wine followed by 2 cups of grape juice. The cup I used was large. It was the regular size for a paper cup. I also drank it in a short period. At the seder I used a kiddush cup and it was smaller in volume and more spread out throughout the night and only the first was real wine at the seder.

  Never heard of that before. I did have a small meal afterwards (tonight), but I had some food and bread (that my parents brougt at Key Food after the Hag was over) with Fluff marshmellow ( Bukharian custom), because it is also concidered like a new year.
 Did you have 4 cups on purpose (meaning like one has to have on Pessah) or you just poured yourself 4 cups because thats how much you wanted to drink? 

[Tzvi Ben Roshel1]

I drank 4 cups because that's what you do at Seudat Mashiach. You also eat round shmura matza. It's like Seudat Shlishit in a way because it's betwen Mincha and Ma'ariv at the end of the holiday just like synagogues have Seudah Shishit at that time of the day on Shabbat.

Asides from the above, I ate gefilte fish and egg salad there.

 Did they have soup with Matza? My Rav said that the Hassidim dont eat Matza with hot water during the 7 days, but then on the eighth they have this meal (I know its name in Bukharian, but dont know how its called in English, but its basically something hot watering poured over Matza), they have it because of the rule of 2 doubts (which doesn't allways apply, but does in many situations). -the 2 doubts of if to keep the 8th day as Hag outside of Israel and if having matza with boiling water is allowed (Hassidim dont, Sefardim do). 

[Lisa]

Iraqi Jews also hit each other with green leafy vegetables?  The Iranian Jews hit each other with scallions during the Dayenu.   It's hillarious if we have an Ashkenazi Jew as a guest, and my mother leans over the table and hits him or her with a scallion.