Today is the Sabbath. I made an effort to refrain from using electronics on this day, especially the computer, but I did not succeed. I got very bored by early afternoon. Once my mom turned on the television, I relented and got on my laptop.
I slept in until 11:00, but I began my day with self-care. I brushed my teeth, hair and beard, and took my medications with a full bottle of water. I poured a cup of tea, which I had brewed before Sabbath began, and heated it up in the microwave (since I do not have a hot water urn, to lawfully get hot water on Sabbath). I fixed a simple breakfast of shredded wheat, apple butter, and soy milk.
Once all this was done, I moved on to my reading duties.
Numbers 13 on Sefaria (JavaScript is free software)
This week's Torah portion was Shlach. Caleb and Joshua were given permission to enter the Promised Land due to their uncompromising faith, whereas their peers met their ends in the wilderness. The portion continues in saying that the law must be the same for all residents, Israelite or not, and gives an example of a foreigner in their midst desecrating the Sabbath and facing the same penalty as an Israelite. The portion ends with instituting the commandment of tsitsit, or ritual fringes, on the corners of Israelite garments.
This part about tsitsit is recited every night with Kriyat Shema al HaMita (recitation of the Shema in bed). Because my name, Caleb, appears in this portion, I make extra effort to observe the mitsvot (commandments) of Shabbat and tsitsit, although I do it rather imperfectly at this time.
Aryan
German women, married to Jewish men, performed a remarkable and successful act of nonviolent resistence. They protested in the streets for their husbands, and remarkably, the husbands were set free.
A review of nonviolent and violent forms of resistance yields an unexpected conclusion: Nonviolent protests are more effective.
Rosenstrasse protest - Wikipedia
I called a friend and asked for any updates I might have missed during my time offline. Nothing eventful happened. I remarked that my dietary compliance with the McDougall Program has been a success as of late, as I have not eaten any animal products, added sugars, or added fats.
I got on my laptop and resumed my usual typing. I checked my email, Mastodon and Snikket (XMPP) messages.
I contemplated the design of my website. I'm considering whether to add custom fonts or to continue using default fonts. I'd like to use Fraktur for German words, and a nice Hebrew font for Hebrew and Yiddish words. I do want to continue havine relatively little boilerplate for each page, however: No menu at the top, just a link back to the homepage at the bottom of each page.
I still don't know how to get Let's Encrypt HTTPS to work on this site again. People tell me it's a complicated ordeal to fix. I thought I had set Certbot to renew automatically with systemd, but it had failed for some reason. Contact me if you can help.
I reviewed the Certbot instructions. It requires Snap or Python pip! Neither of these installation methods are supported by Trisquel.
Certbot instructions for Nginx on GNU/Linux
No site can fetch my homepage, because the cert fails.
20:30. I'm ready for bed. Watching Sanford and Son until it's time to go to bed.
21:30. Went upstairs. Added Fraktur and Hebrew עברית fonts to my site.
22:20. Bis schpaeder! See you later!