From time to time, we like to take a break from reading the news down here on earth, and see if there’s any better news up in space, in case moving up there is an option.
One of the main things you learn as an adult is that yomim tovim are not super relaxing. This is also what your non-Jewish co-workers learn when they ask afterwards how you enjoyed your vacation, and you stare at them with half-closed eyes, wondering how to answer them in as few words as possible.
Last week, I wrote about how the mesivta that I teach in recently got wind of a NJ law that five teachers in each school have to be certified in first aid -- including CPR, the Heimlich, and the use of an AED. And we needed a course, because some of us, such as myself, had no idea what an AED is. It sounds dangerous.