Take 2 - Chanuka wishes

Day 3 of Chanukah, and what a bummer.

Today we were excited. A family here, our neighbors and our only big time sponsors ever (they gave me 2000 dollars cash for Rosh Hashana) was supposed to have a Chanukah party with us. We had brought them a Menorah from America, and Chayale spent a couple of hours making fresh Latkahs and Sufganiyot for them. They cancelled on us in the last minute, and it was really disappointing, as we were really looking forward to it.

Also, forgetting that tonight is Nittel nacht, the one night a year that we aren't allowed to learn, I sat with some members of the community and learnt some Gemara with them, actually we learnt "Mai Chanukah", the portion that discusses the story of Chanukah.

Only after finishing the Sugya did I look at the calendar and see that we weren't allowed to learn. Oh well. Looks like I'll the first Chabad Shliach in Gehinnom ;).

Quick anti-Chabad joke (but a good frum one): a Breslover and Lubavitcher passed away and went to Gehinnom. The Breslover yelled, "Rebbe, save me!" And Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's hand came out of the air and pulled him up to Gan Eden.

Then the Lubavitcher looked up and yelled, "Rebbe, save me!" And a hand came out of the air, gave the Chabadnik a dollar, and said, "start a Chabad House."

Chanukah miracle of the day: While there is always only enough cold water in our shower to last for one drop (per billion boiling water drops), today that one drop suddenly poured out and we had NORMAL warm showers!!! (but not for 8 days. Only for about an hour).

Strange.