I am totally knackered.

Maybe, it’s a good sign.

Maybe, it’s actually a reaction to the enormous amounts of ridiculous stress we’ve been under here in Israel, for 3 years of war, and 3 years of Covid before that, finally starting to ease, a litte.

There’s an election coming, after all… funny how wars can get turned off, when incumbents are fighting for votes.

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But the point is, I am totally knackered, and just need to chill.

And to do ‘dumb’ stuff, like going bowling.

Or, buying new cook books.

Or, actually decluttering my office from the three thousand bits of paper floating around, all over the place.

Until I get to Uman, BH, and then hopefully I also get the spiritual re-boot I am desperately in need of, right now.

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(BTW, I’ve been listening to some more Crappy Childhood Fairy, as my music is off because of the Three Weeks. I found this one really helpful:)

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I don’t know anyone who isn’t feeling totally burned-out at the mo.

(Unless they just got back from a two week holiday to Thailand…)

It’s really been a long, tough haul, and it’s going to take a bit more time to process it all, and start to rebuild again.

Hopefully, they won’t come and flatten us all again, just as we get back on our feet…

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In the meantime, the Rav’s Kollel Chatzot is somehow still going, and still holding the line, while you and me droop and drop off.

They just sent me this, that they will pray for anyone who needs a shidduch on Tu B’av, a very auspicious day for finding a match, for a very small donation.

My contact told me that spiritually, Tu B’Av begins the construction of the New Year, already, it’s building how the New Year is going to look.

The gematria of shana tova in Hebrew is 377.

If someone donates 377 shekels to the Kollel, they can ask them to prayer for an unlimited number of names, to get a shidduch.

If a person just wants them to pray for a single name, they can donate: 26 shekels, which is the gematria for ‘zivug’.

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Here’s the link:

https://www.matara.pro/nedarimplus/online/?mosad=7014431

26 nis – one person’s name for a shidduch

377 nis – unlimited list of names for a shidduch

And may we all just hear good news.