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Welp. It’s been quite the active week, and not in a particularly enjoyable way! I went to ''shul'' this past ''shabbat'', and while we were in the prefatory section of the morning prayers, the air-raid sirens started blasting. So the prayers were moved downstairs — which is no safer (and arguably less safe!) — to continue. I assumed Esther would hear the sirens and stay home; but no, she came to ''shul'' because she didn’t want me to be alone (and we were supposed to have lunch with friends). I put the kibosh on the lunch-date, and we went home right after the Torah reading. Which, in a most timely manner, included the [https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0217.htm#14 “remember Amalek”] reading.

Since then, through the week we’ve had dozens of sirens, and had far too many gatherings with our neighbors in our local bomb-shelter. Not that I’m complaining.

But the holiday of Purim was Monday-night/Tuesday-day this week — a holiday commemorating the destruction of another Persian (well, Amalekite with the passive support of a Persian king) who attempted to destroy us. The Mullahs should have read up on what happened to their ilk back then, and taken it to heart…

We hosted the Purim “feast” this year, since our friend who ordinarily does that was supposed to have undergone a medical procedure (and because of the war, that got cancelled, but we’d already stepped up to bat). We did a barbecue, and ample alcohol was imbibed by all, ensuring a most convivial gathering.

If you’ve not kept up on the progress of the war, my man Preston Stewart has an ongoing series of videos with analysis: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P87u4au3XAQ Day 1], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUW4CPzNCY more], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-s6j0BWF0 Day 2], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqU28ZtEt7I Day 3], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk7f3QuDfZk Day 4], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZAI2VQ3oBc Day 5], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoDgKj9ZqFE Day 6].

Of note:
* My [https://penamacorrespondent.blog/the-post-i-didnt-plan-on-writing/ friend’s take] on our week.
* Uri talks about [https://urikurlianchik.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-the-fury-of-epic the fury of “Epic Fury”] and the [https://urikurlianchik.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-republic end of the republic].
* Bridget Phetasy: America bombed Iran [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An9yQUBeTK0 and made memes about it].
* Tucker Carlson’s [https://www.jfeed.com/news/tucker-carlson-chabad-third-temple going after Chabad]. That putz better watch his six…
* The IDF [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888676 flattens the building] where the Ayatollahs were voting on the next Supreme Leader. What color was the smoke? And we [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888598 hacked IR’s traffic cameras] to whack Khamenei.
* Tom Nash: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IYrW4PsTys Iran already lost the war].
* Israeli resilience: [https://canishower.com “Can I shower?”], the app.
* Language nerds: [https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/em-dash-ai-writing-panic Leave the em-dash alone!]
* (humorous) Science nerds: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy0WZVpyiTM Mutilated by Space-Time Curvature].

I don’t want to ''ever again'' hear anyone say Islam is a “religion of peace”, or that Jerusalem is its “third holiest city”. The assholes from Iran ( “Twelver” Shi`a Muslim fanatics) launched multiple rockets towards Jerusalem and could easily have destroyed “Al Aqsa” (not that I’d object to that). The local Muslims (mostly Sunni) in Jerusalem turn their asses towards the Temple Precinct (“Al Aqsa”) and face Makkah while praying. Despite there being Muslims who ''are'' fine people, Islam ''itself'' is fundamentally a violent, primitive, oppressive, ghoulish ideology which should be outlawed in all normal countries. We should not forget that one of the US Navy’s (and Marine Corps’) first battles was against the “Barbary Pirates” (1801-1805) — the Muslims of North Africa, who were predating upon shipping traffic and taking slaves. US President Jefferson wasn’t having any of it. Trump seems to be following his playbook, may he be successful!

As of this writing, Iran has lobbed missiles and/or flown drones at: Israel (well, ok, fair enough), the UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, and (apparently accidentally) Turkey. Who ''aren’t'' they mad at? Fortunately, the number of missiles fired has been dropping from day to day, as their launch facilities are degraded by allied firepower.

The weather this ''shabbat'' will be colder than average, turning wet (apparently). Apart from the rain, there may also be gifts from Iran. I will be staying at home this ''shabbat'' — THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

This ''shabbat'' we’re going to have:
 
pita,
meatballs,
rice,
homemade ''ḥummus'',
various ''salatim'',
and many desserts.
 

Until next time, 
''shabbat shalom''! 

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Ron at 05:28, 13 March 2026

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