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Hey, I'm looking for the Zohar file on my computer, for few days I had some more arrangements of work payment stuff and still finalizing on getting last advises in regards to something I wanna edit and discuss on Wikipedia. I'm sorry your mom is going through these infections, thank you very much for sharing, and I hope the antibiotics will make the job quickly, and that her surgery comes very soon and goes smoothly-quick for her complete healing afterwards. Mine is eventually scheduled to the end of January. I saw the Wiki TBans for several people, and I wish to see levelness between editors sanctions there. And while unfortunate, and as you say, might make it calmer meanwhile to suggest something I see a big issue with for about 2 months now nearly since Hamas attack. I'll keep cool, I always try to be kindest when discussing and also be mindful in my edit summaries. If someone's get heated, I'll explain it doesn't feel pleasant and keep focus on the subject. If it continues, then I'll see if needs a more blunt direct reaction in turn but still within decorum. And thank you for your quick responses while I see here from your replies you're much more active with your literally BLESSED edits and maybe also more busy in life at the moment. I'm sorry as I also wanted before (and didn't get to it) to address that the situation here is mostly health-insurance once you register for small payments every month to a certain such care-agency (and social care stuff) which covers most healthcare and operations as the ones I need. It also covers of course Israeli Arabs and people in certain Palestinian territories areas, if relating also to the conflict. I'm sorry to learn you needed to pay 4000$, and glad to know you got it covered eventually. I also wanted to say for sometime, that I read back then your discussion at "Jews" - very interesting stuff from all involved there especially from you about the Magen David origins and as for the snails-color - I was interested for many years to read about places which mentioned the production of the royal red-Argaman and blue colors from them, especially as I read a lot about Rosh Hanikra on Israel-Lebanon border with many ancient small pools carved in the rocks for steaming-water to produce salt and for snails-catching via tide waves locking them in these pools in order to make those colors. I started reading a lot about this area as it's the only place in Israel who has small islands 1 kilometer from the shore which were part of the land until thousands of years ago until there lower parts got eaten by he salty water and reduced to below the sea. There's One Island I know which also has those carved pools; the only one which is allowed to access, as the other 4-5 islands are nature reserves for birds nesting. I wanted to go to Rosh Hanikra precisely now at winter to see the very strong waves hitting the white cliff and also sleep there for 1 night, as I had a concept of first seeing the area only in the dark with hearing the strong winter waves, like in dramatic cahos-feel, then in the morning stroll along this area's shore-rocks with also shallow natural water-pools, to see this area's strong winter waves and streams. And then come again in the spring or summer to see the flora and the animals there (like rock rabbits) and the sunset which from pictures looks like the most beautiful sunset sight in Israel. And finally learn about the ancient human history and modern one in the attractions offered there. And finally-finally - do already sky-diving which I want for years, which is offered in this area, above it. Eventually, the cards weren't dealt well this time with my surgery and the war while precisely now this area had been evacuated and heavily bombed by Lebanon. Also several years ago, I wanted to organize a 1-2 day-trip for the Hebrew Wikipedia travel project "Elef Milim" (to take and upload photos to Wiki-commons), which was organized by an editor who was a good friend and work college of mine ( a job which he got for me!), who passed away few months ago. He even organized one international-Wikimania event and was heavily involved in all Wikimedia events. So, I wanted back then to organize a trip to a place next to Egypt's border with beautiful Red-Brown mountains (close to Eilat city), then "Isis" took control in Sinai-peninsula next to Israel's border so that area also became dangerous and forbidden. Maybe I bring junks that every place I'm locked on a place to travel in Israel gets terrorized... Here's hoping that in the end everything will work out fine here and to go back to enjoy life for everyone in this area. As you see, I like the concept of genesis-creation order (from light through water, land, animals, to humans) and like to learn about the beginning of things and mystic feeling around them, why the Zohar and Kabbalah and f course the bible fascinates me, and history in general. I will now try to send you just a "hi" test-mail to see if you have received it. Just a note from recent experience, when I send you another reply after you answer (which I do another "hi" test), my address is under something like "Music Nature videos" as it got automatically named after my YT account once I conjured this mail with the account there, so you know it's not an advertisement or something, but moi. אומנות (talk) 23:19, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, I’ve archived the previous part of this discussion, it was taking over the page :). Your mail test did work and I responded. My mom is now back home and feeling better. She’s still suffering from old age, but she’s not in pain anymore. They decided not to operate because everything settled down, but it’s still an option. I agreed because any surgery could be dangerous at her age and low level of health. Thanks for your good wishes.

Since the Hamas attack there has been a lot of unpleasantness around the Israel-Palestine articles. The atmosphere is toxic which is why I advise anyone going through something emotional IRL to avoid them - what Wikipedia says is less important than anyone’s health (the subject is important, but I think people overestimate the impact that Wikipedia has). The 3-month banning is very unusual. I have great difficulty not responding to every negative change I see, but I realised quickly that I had to conserve my scarce time and emotional resources to only work/react to a small number of articles, whatever was happening elsewhere.

I’m wiki-overwhelmed now because all three war articles which were open for AfD (Holit, Netiv HaAsara, and Nir Yitzhak massacres) have been closed as keep. In my keep !vote, I did analysis of sources to show that all three were notable, but I also agreed that they could be expanded and I would do that. So now I have 3 articles to expand significantly. I’ve worked on Nir Yitzhak for four days now (when I had time) and I’m still not finished. As I think I said before, this isn’t what I want to do on Wikipedia, but I feel obligated to save these kinds of articles. If you look at the Nir Yithak talk page you’ll see that I tried to reach out to those who wanted the deletion to be involved in the expansion. I’m sure you won’t be happy with that, but it was my attempt to calm the emotions. You don’t need to be worried because I haven’t received any response. Oh well, at least I tried.

I did swim in the Red Sea decades ago (I visited Israel twice when I was a teenager) but otherwise I don’t know the areas you mention. They sound worth visiting when you can. And no, you wanting to go there didn’t cause any attacks :).

Stay safe. Ayenaee (talk) 09:43, 3 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your work on the October 7 attack pages is very good, and I really appreciate you keeping them from being deleted. 80.217.100.31 (talk) 22:25, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. Ayenaee (talk) 15:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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