Last Friday I was in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As I was getting ready to upload and send out the weekly ETORAH email, suddenly there was no WiFi. In fact, there was no power at all in the home I was at. Nor was there power in the entire neighborhood.
Turns out that I was ‘fortunate’ to receive the ultimate South African experience – load shedding. My friends told me it was not an issue. They had not had load shedding for about ten months – don’t worry about it.
But, then – right before Shabbos – it kicked in. Unfortunately, I was unable to send out the weekly ETORAH. And, we had to scramble to make our Shabbat preparations and prepare for eating the Shabbat meal in the dark. The Shabbat candles… Read More »