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Where was I?

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So, it continued.

Yes, I am back to  the hospital.

My health care team was very worried that my right leg was red and swollen. And ordered me to the hospital emergency room that afternoon. Except, when I stood up to leave, I immediately fell down, sitting on the floor.  No, I couldn’t get up.  It seems that my blood pressure was 60/30. I was feeling fine, despite that.

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The Festival of Lights

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Tonight will be the first night of Chanuka, the 25th day of Kislev.  For those of you who celebrate Christmas, you might recognize that number- 25. That date wasn’t chosen by accident by the first Christians. (It also explains why this is one of the few- the very few- holidays Christians celebrate on the “eve”- because it derives from the Jewish rule that a day is one evening and one morning….The others are New Year’s and Easter.)

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Shmini Atzeret

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Tonight begins one  of the  most unusual holidays of our religion. It  is the last one that bars me from working  until April or so.  (Good.  Now, I can make some money!) The bible gives us very little clue about this holiday.  It’s called the Eighth Day of Assembly (Shmini Atzeret in Hebrew).

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