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elation end. Legend says it was
twice as long as an ordinary day.
Be that as it may, it was, quite
obviously, the quintessential peak
experience.
Soon it will be Shavuot.
In the shtetl this was, tradi-
tionally, the time when a boy
started cheder. Hidden under his
father's long, black coat (so the
evil eye would not harm him) the
lad was led to school for his first
Hebrew lesson. The letters were
written on a slate spread with
honey, and as the child repeated
the letters he licked the honey —
thereby tasting the sweetness of
Torah.
The sweetness of Torah and its
teachings belong to all of us. `The
words of Torah," says the Tal-
mud, "are as water, wine and
milk. Just as these are kept in
simple vessels, so are the holy
words preserved in even the
humblest man." Nathan of Ne-
mirov agreed. "Every living soul,"
he said, "is a letter in the Torah."
Shavuot.
Why is it called the time of giv-
ing the Torah and not time of re-
ceiving the Torah?
"Because," said Rabbi Yitzhak
of Gur, "the giving was only at
Mt. Sinai. The time for receiving
the Torah is every day."
Make this the day, my
friends. O
Beat The Heat
On The Home Front
SHARON W1WAMS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Things are heating up outside.
Additional alternatives in-
So inside, you're hoping for a clude mini split systems, which
cooling trend.
rely on a single outdoor unit and
A chilling arctic blast blowing up to four wall-mounted air han-
through the house might be nice, dlers to cool individual rooms,
as would glacier-cold water in and heat pumps that work like
a backyard pool. There are, how- central air systems, but also heat
ever, some more practical ways homes during winter by ex-
to create an oasis in the middle tracting the heat from outdoor
of a heat wave.
air and circulating it indoors.
The fastest way to chill out
Which is best? It all depends
during the warm-weather on how much cooling power you
months, air conditioning can need. Begin by sizing up the area
bring most welcome relief in the you plan to aii--condition, taking
heat. Air conditioners all oper- into consideration windows, in-
ate on the same principle — ex- sulation, the size of your family
tract heat from indoor air and and your climate, as well as to-
move it outside via mechanical tal square footage and ceiling
components — a compressor, height.
fan, chemical refrigerants, con-
Then take a look at the cool-
denser and evaporator coils.
ing capacities of the systems
When shopping for an air con- themselves. The amount of heat
ditioner, consider the two basic cat- a unit can remove from a given
egories: room air conditioners and area is measured in British ther-
central air-conditioning systems. mal units per hour. The higher
More small appliance than the rating, the greater the cool-
full-blown cooling system, room ing capacity.
air conditioners contain all the
Then, there's the efficiency
essential components in one factor. The best models use less
portable unit. They're usually energy in the cooling process. An
mounted in windows or walls to energy-efficient air conditioner
cool small spaces.
usually costs more up front than
Central air systems, mean- a lesser model, but will ulti-
while, carry more power and a mately save money over time be-
heftier price tag, and should be cause of lower operating costs.
considered if you plan to cool
It's essential to get the right
three or more rooms. With the system. A unit too small won't
compressor outside and evapo- deliver enough cool air, while an
rator and blower inside, central oversized unit will cool a space
air systems cool an entire living too quickly without removing
space by moving chilled air enough humidity. CI
through a home's duct work.
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