Hamsin - חמסין

Hamsin: East-South wind blowing in the Middle East area; In Israel it usually blows April/May till October. Origin of the name is in Arabic and means: fifty; Maybe because it blows for about 50 days in any given year. (Translated to English from "the new dictionary" by Avraham Even-Shoshan)

It is the last week of February and up till now it was cold. But this wind, this hot, east-south wind, reminded us of the Chinook in Calgary, AB Canada that turns freezing days with temperatures from below zero into real hot ones.  We had a heat wave today and all the windows were open and the breeze just flew through, warming up the cold walls.

53rd day of Praise

Thank you God for a hot wind on a cold day; it had been a Shabbat full of warmth.

Looking forward to spring

Orith