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B'SD 17 Sivan, 5776 As I learn how highs temperatures have soared in various locations, I realize that many of my readers might need some help to cool down. Perhaps you'll find helpful information with...
Summer announced its arrival this week by bringing record high temperatures around the country. To help you keep your cool, we’ve compiled some expert advice for coping with the heat.
Now you don’t have to feel guilty about buying your kids that convenience-store slushie. Pre-cooling before hot-weather exertion improves the body’s ability to cope in the heat.
We don’t advise wearing an icy collar like the athletes in this study, but it’s good to know that putting an icy compress on your neck on a hot day will cool you down.
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Here's a message I've shared far a wide. I hope that you'll ponder and enjoy it.
When you pray with tears, you unlock the Heavenly gates;
when you pray with joy, there are no gates.
~R. Lazer Brody
Who you are is a gift from G-d.
Who you become is your gift TO G-d!!!!
~ Rabbi David Aaron
Those messages are not just for the Jewish kids in the class. May the world be blessed with unending goodness in 5776. See you next year!
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B'SD 14 Av, 5773 Many hearts are broken after people leave children in cars while running errands. The time saved can turn into a lifetime of grief.
When you exit a vehicle, take the child/ren with you.
Children first. Period.
No shortcuts.
I understand that firefighters recommend that when breaking a window you should (A) pick a side window (not front or back) as far away from the child as possible and (B) try to poke it from the corner rather than smashing it through the center.
Children first. Period.
Even if you're forgetful.
Lives depend on you.
Children first.
Take a look and save a life.
A glance into parked cars can save lives.
If you walk past a vehicle, look inside.
Make sure children were not left in it.
If they were,
SUMMON HELP!!!!!!!
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B'SD 12 Av, 5773 I feel miserable just reading about America's heat wave, and I live in the always-hot Middle East!
Boston to Chicago: More Than 100 Million Feel Stifling Heat
www.accuweather.com
Plain and simple, this week may feel the worst of any week for this summer in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest. The region will be a virtual sauna bath.
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Face Your Future with Optimism. Feel yourself cool down by taking the good advice in the articles linked above.
B'SD 10 Av, 5773 I came through yesterday's 9Av fast day without problems, as usual. I was grateful for the blessing of lower temperatures, which made thirst less of an issue. But WOW I'm doing double-takes atHIGH temperature readings
around the world.
Do yourselves, your kids and anyone ill or elderly a favor: Make sure that EVERYBODY drinks lots of liquids such as water. Tea is fine, coffee is not (it makes you urinate more often than if you didn't drink it). Soup is good, too. Cold soup like borscht or cucumber soup would be delightful, delicious and a lifesaver. Cool down more with sedentary activities such as reading, doing crafts, watching videos or listening to soothing music. You can surf through and way past potential problems that way. Make triple sure that children and pets are NOT left in hot vehicles or other places.
Heat kills quickly. Heat stroke is no joke.
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WHEW! I've been facing unusually high temperatures and humidity for a long time, causing me to slow down my schedule and physical efforts. Now my schedule is slowing more as friends arrive from outside Israel. Five planeloads of people arrived at Ben Gurion airport this morning but only two passport control staff members are on duty.
I'm preparing several jugs of chilled water and bowls of refreshing fruit to greet the arrivals when we finally meet. We'll need to keep replacing our energy to cope with the stresses of weather and messed up schedules. Scientists are aguing, as you read this, about how all that tiredness happens:
Contradicting a popular model of self-control, a psychologist says the data from a 2007 study argues against the idea that glucose is the resource used to manage self control and that humans rely on ... full story
My guess is that doctors will debate this just as they've argued for and against hot/cold/moisture-only humidifiers for congested people.
I suggest you sensibly and safely do what works for you in exhausting weather and situations. A nutritious diet rarely fails to provide the basics of bodily needs. Rest as needed and prioritize tasks that must be done versus those that can safely be delayed.
I live in Israel where summers have one temperature: HOT. We're used to coping with heat. Fellow Israelis and I find it surprising to earn of shockingly high temperatures around the world these days. We sympathize with your discomfort. You're not used to the situation.
I'll share some tips with you: 1) Partially fill water bottles, cap them tightly and place them in the freezer. You can later add water to the newly formed ice. It will stay chilled for hours as you carry the bottle with you during the day. Keep another at bedside during summer nights that keep waking you up thirsty. Enjoy the refreshing drinks.
