Friday, 25 March 2016

I did NOT get up at all early this morning, both because I was out relatively late last night and because we lost an hour due to going onto summer time. It didn't matter, though. Europe doesn't go onto daylight savings until Saturday night, so my lessons were at their regular times for the students but an hour later for me. In other words, I haven't REALLY lost the hour yet at all.

I went up to the bakery, as usual, and bought challah, hamantashen, and some other cookies before breakfast.

I taught only 3 units of Berlitz lessons today: 10:00-10:45 and 11:30-1:00.

For lunch, I have weenies wrapped in tortillas, half a melon, and some hamantashen.

In the afternoon, I did the weekly cleaning: dusting, sweeping, taking out the trash and other things for recycling, doing the dishes, and cleaning the bathroom a bit.

As evening was about to descend, I lit candles, drank some sweet red wine, and ate challah (giving a small piece to Pascal) to welcome this joyous Shabbat that comes on the heels of Purim.

I walked a total of 2.94 kilometers today.

In honor of Purim, and in light of the modern threats to the Jews and, indeed, to liberal Western civilization, I leave you with this short quote from M'gilat Ester (the Scroll of Esther):

כי אם-החרש תחרישי בעת הזאת רוח והצלה יעמוד ליהודים ממקום אחר ואת ובית-אביך תאבדו

For if you insist on remaining silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your family will perish.