Baruch Hashem, things have been quiet here in Central Israel since the cease-fire went into effect last Thursday. This means we're back to normal again: the boychicks are in school (and not at home) during the day and are sleeping in their bedroom (and not in the safe room) at night.
However, they are still cognizant of where the nearest bomb shelter is at any time, and, honestly, so am I. We know we can stop checking for shelter, though, because the government is no longer requiring public bomb shelters to be kept open. We know the public bomb shelters aren't open anymore, because we couldn't help checking as we passed.
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And because I love language: a cease-fire in Hebrew is a hafsakat aish. My kids were not the only children who heard there was a hafsakat aish, compared that unknown phrase to the known phrases hafsakat chashmal and hafsakat mayim (power outage and water outage), and reasonably requested additional details regarding this new utility suspension.
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