Shabbat Shalom june 2023

 it is 5:30 p.m. in the holy city of safed.  candlelighting is at 7:15 this evening.  i need to do some washing up and mop the floor.  i didn't join my friends at the pool this morning.  i needed to take a walk more than dog paddling across the pool. i set out about 9:00 a.m. and stopped at the health food store.  i wanted some kale.  kale is not found here, easily.  i was disappointed.  i bought an organic romaine lettuce and a kilo of dates.  i was back home at 10:00 a.m. when the pool opens.  it was very grey outside and smoggy.  i wanted to be indoors. we are all coughing from all the brown dust from the wind storms.

at 3:00 p.m. i thought about going to the pool.  i thought about just jumping in and getting wet and walking home in my wet clothes.  i wear a long sleeved leotard and exercise tights.  i never made it to the pool.  i baked a couple of sweet potatoes, broiled a piece of salmon, cooked some splelt noodles, made some buckwheat groats and braised a few turkey wings.  i also boiled some eggs and made a nice green salad with tomatoes and red cabbage.  i was thinking about making some chumus but i ran out of energy.

it is about 97 degress outside.  they say it will cool down about 10 degrees tonight.  i am knocked out by this heat.  i cooked some chicken fillets for the dogs.  i had some left over white rice, so they had a nice lunch.  i had a large bowl of kasha and spelt noodles.  i also had some salmon.  tonight i will have the turkey wings and a sweet potato.  i will have the salad and salmon for lunch. i do not have airconditioning  in my home.  i use a ceiling fan in my t.v. room.  right now i am blogging from my computer room a.k.a, my grandson's guest bedroom.

i am typing on my new computer.  i held out for awhile from buying one.  i have been doing everything on my smart phone for a few years now but i suddenly got the urge to blog again; and i couldn't manage on my phone. i used to get comments from all over the world.  i couldn't imagine that people in china read my silly blog.  anyway, i want to continue blogging. writing comments on face book isn't enough. 

a 32 year old father of two babies; was murdered this week by a terrorist.  the name seemed familiar.  i realized that i knew his family.  he was raised in safed at kiryat chabad in canaan.  i think my son went to school with his older brother.  the weather here is grey and heavy as well as our hearts. how many more sacrifices?  how much more bloodshed?  it is with heavy heart, i sign off.  wishing you all a shabbat shalom