Sabbat

Clear morning sky after the rain

It's the Sabbath again. The weather has cooled a lot after the rain 2 days back. A lot less dust in the air. And the mornings are very fresh and crispy. Night temp goes down to 13 degrees. Chilly. Tonight we switch from daylight saving to solar time. Clock turns back one hour.

The last 2 days have been hectic with classes; running from one school to another 1 km apart. I feel the exhaustion. In fact during the 2nd class I couldn't remember what I was teaching. Brain dead. Then there were the groups to meet in the evenings ... so overall I work 15 hours a day. Luckily my fainting spells have reduced a lot. And I try to snack on biscuits to keep the energy and sugar level up. And work in the libraries continue in between classes. I'm still thinking of a vacation .... they key word is "thinking".

Work in the Empty Tomb has been completed. It has been reclosed again. Now we're waiting for news of the latest finds. It's so big time suspense!!

Yesterday at a Knesset meeting (parliament), one Israeli member remarked that Israeli University places are being "grabbed" by "illiterate arabs". Now that was nasty ... in fact down right racist. But he'll get away with it. Any other university that would dare use such language on a jewish student would be accused of anti-semitism and be kicked out. http://www.timesofisrael.com/illiterate-arabs-grabbing-israeli-university-slots-mk-claims/

There were several incidents of attempted stabbings but they took place far from Jerusalem ... at the borders of Palestine and Israel. So far things have cooled down a lot. We don't expect problems in winter. It's usually too cold and wet for terrorism.