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It’s been a pretty good week, all told. ''Ḥanukka'' (which is still going on) is always a pleasant holiday, though it’s not much of a holiday in terms of work. None of us did anything all that special for the holiday, just work and food… as usual. Well, actually, Esther and I did have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufganiyah ''sufganiyot''] for the first time in two years (and probably the last time for two more).

Sarah finished up the work she had to do on her classmate’s film project, so she’s relaxing now. And just in case you didn’t know, it’s her birthday this ''shabbat''… so we’ve been told.

I did ''some'' work on ''8th'' itself this week, but most of my time was actually spent working on getting contracts, making contacts, and applying for contests. So I don’t have much to show for my week except for adding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial I/O support] in ''8th''.

Someone posted an article about how Americans should read [http://bycommonconsent.com/2015/12/08/five-great-islamic-books-americans-should-read-before-doing-stupid-stuff/ these five great Islamic books] before doing “stupid stuff”. Let’s leave aside for the moment the fact that none of those books is “Islamic” ''per se'' — and in fact, many of the stories in the “Thousand Nights and a Night” are pre-Islamic or without any connection whatsoever to Islam or Arab culture. Rather, concentrate on the indisputable fact that the only important book in this dicussion is the Quran, which the only one the ISIS/Daʿesh folks care about. Americans should indeed read it, and understand how the enemy interprets it, rather than holding hands, singing Kumbaya and smoking pot while celebrating their diversity. This enemy is really not interested in your interpretations of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Sufi mysticism] — especially since they consider Sufis to be heretics.

Various and sundry:
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXodRLLkth4 Egyptians react] to Obama’s priorities
* The [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/428096/obama-actually-thought-he-was-being-reassuring-tonight-jim-geraghty great orator] reassures America
* Truth about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvfZu9y-Elg the “settlers”]
* And praise God, [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/204710#.VmmFhRp95E4 Trump postponed his Israeli junket]. We can rest easy now…

I didn’t realize that Scott Adams (the creator of [http://dilbert.com/ Dilbert]), also has a blog. Further, I didn’t realize that he has [http://blog.dilbert.com/post/134791529391/risk-management-trump-persuasion-series interesting insights about Trump]. Worth reading to the end, I think.

This week Sarah’s friends will be ''shabbatting'' with us in celebration of said daughter’s birthday. The all vegetarian menu will include:<br>
orange soup,
black-bean sweet potato stew with peanut sauce,
eggplant stacks,
roasted beets,
roasted potatoes,
red rice with mushrooms,
chard ''pashtida'',
''salatim'',
chocolate mousse,
and apple pie.

Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''!

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	Sarah finished up the work she had to do on her classmate’s film project, so she’s relaxing now. And just in case you didn’t know, it’s her birthday this ''shabbat''… so we’ve been told.		Sarah finished up the work she had to do on her classmate’s film project, so she’s relaxing now. And just in case you didn’t know, it’s her birthday this ''shabbat''… so we’ve been told.
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		+	And my nephew Chaim got engaged to the lovely Ariele! ''Mazal tov'', and we’ll keep you updated…

	I did ''some'' work on ''8th'' itself this week, but most of my time was actually spent working on getting contracts, making contacts, and applying for contests. So I don’t have much to show for my week except for adding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial I/O support] in ''8th''.		I did ''some'' work on ''8th'' itself this week, but most of my time was actually spent working on getting contracts, making contacts, and applying for contests. So I don’t have much to show for my week except for adding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial I/O support] in ''8th''.

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 I did ''some'' work on ''8th'' itself this week, but most of my time was actually spent working on getting contracts, making contacts, and applying for contests.  So I don’t have much to show for my week except for adding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_communication serial I/O support] in ''8th''.
-Someone posted an article about how Americans should read [http://bycommonconsent.com/2015/12/08/five-great-islamic-books-americans-should-read-before-doing-stupid-stuff/ these five great Islamic books] before doing “stupid stuff”.  Let’s leave aside for the moment the fact that none of those books is “Islamic” ''per se'' — and in fact, many of the stories in the “Thousand Nights and a Night” are pre-Islamic or without any connection whatsoever to Islam or Arab culture.  Rather, concentrate on the indisputable fact that the only important book in this dicussion is the Quran, which the only one the ISIS/Daʿesh folks care about.  Americans should indeed read it, and understand how the enemy interprets it, rather than holding hands, singing Kumbaya and smoking pot while celebrating their diversity.  This enemy is really not interested in your interpretations of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Sufi mysticism] — especially since they consider Sufis to be heretics.
+Someone posted an article about how Americans should read [http://bycommonconsent.com/2015/12/08/five-great-islamic-books-americans-should-read-before-doing-stupid-stuff/ these five great Islamic books] before doing “stupid stuff”.  Let’s leave aside for the moment the fact that none of those books is “Islamic” ''per se'' — and in fact, many of the stories in the “Thousand Nights and a Night” are pre-Islamic or without any connection whatsoever to Islam or Arab culture.  Rather, concentrate on the indisputable fact that the only important book in this dicussion is the Quran, which is the only one the ISIS/Daʿesh folks care about.  Americans should indeed read it, and understand how the enemy interprets it, rather than holding hands, singing Kumbaya and smoking pot while celebrating their diversity.  This enemy is really not interested in your interpretations of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Sufi mysticism] — especially since they consider Sufis to be heretics.
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 Until next time,<br>
-''shabbat shalom''!
+''shabbat shalom'', ''ḥodesh tov'', and ''ḥanukka sameaḥ'', !
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