While My Laundry Gently Spins

It's post-Purim and it was, eh. I didn't get the spiritual download I was promised but that's ok. I was sick and whatever I "downloaded" wasn't Purim (it was the flu) and in fact was hastily ex-loaded out of my body.

Now I feel better though. I feel a connection with the land and after the pre-Purim fast I'm eating less. For all the food that people eat, there's not a lot of overweight people, which I was curious about. So I inquired and found that it's the low-meat diet. We eat a lot of bread but little meat. Apparently the meat-eaters of America might have been telling a fib. I'll look a little more into it.

Right now the weather is absolutely lovely. Feels like spring. Can't believe that I missed St. Patrick's Day! I was not even aware that the day occurred. Instead I studied the great scholar Rashi and his biblical commentary on this weeks Torah portion. In fact, I've only got drunk once since being here. It's true that you grow out of certain behaviors. For that, my liver is thankful.

Passover (Pesach) is right around the corner and the school goes on break. I will remain in Israel and try to back pack around the country. Need to visit, well, everywhere. I've got to visit Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea, and the Galilee region up North.

Well that's all folks. Peace!

PURIM TIME

First off, I'm still alive and kickin'. I saw the city of David on Thursday and hiked through some underground tunnels. People were not 6 feet 3 thousand years ago. I did have a 3 thousand year old headache the past couple of days.

Well all that aside, Tuesday night begins the 72 hours of heavy drinking for PURIM. A holiday celebrating the time the Jews were supposed to be exterminated...ha like there is only one time. Moving on, we drink out of celebration for this "specific" occurrence where a woman, named Esther, saved the Jews from being completely exterminated. To sum up how drunk you need to be: You can't distinguish bad from good.

This will be my second time drinking since I arrived a month ago. What a month! Mind has grown exponentially and continues doing so everyday. Quite exhausting really. May be the food, though. Take a lot of energy digesting the food here. Enough said.

I'll let you know how Purim goes.