Mordechai Schmutter

1 week ago | jewishlink.news | Mordechai Schmutter

From time to time, we like to take a break from reading the news down here on earth and to see if there’s any better news up in space, in case moving up there is an option. I can assure you it is not. Our first story today is from February, when, according to astronomers at NASA, a piece of the sun broke off. Oops. Was that supposed to come off? I didn’t even know a piece of the sun could come off, which I guess is the first thing you say the first time something breaks.

1 week ago | queensjewishlink.com | Mordechai Schmutter

From time to time, we like to take a break from reading the news down here on earth, and see if there’s any better news up in space, in case moving up there is an option. I can assure you it is not. Our first story today is from February, when, according to astronomers at NASA, a piece of the sun broke off. Oops. Was that supposed to come off? I didn’t even know a piece of the sun could come off, which I guess is the first thing you say the first time something breaks.

2 weeks ago | jewishlink.news | Mordechai Schmutter

Last week, I wrote about how the mesivta that I teach in recently got wind of a New Jersey law that five teachers in each school have to be certified in first aid, including CPR, the Heimlich, and the use of an AED. And we needed a course, because some of us, such as myself, had no idea what an AED is. It sounds dangerous. So the mesivta hired an official instructor who came in with handouts and dummies of various sizes. The idea of the course was to practice bringing the dummies to life.

2 weeks ago | queensjewishlink.com | Mordechai Schmutter

Last week, I wrote about how the mesivta that I teach in recently got wind of a NJ law that five teachers in each school have to be certified in first aid -- including CPR, the Heimlich, and the use of an AED. And we needed a course, because some of us, such as myself, had no idea what an AED is. It sounds dangerous. So the mesivta hired an official instructor, who came in with handouts and dummies of various sizes. The idea of the course was to practice bringing the dummies to life.

3 weeks ago | jewishlink.news | Mordechai Schmutter

Great news: I may or may not be certified in CPR, which (for those of you keeping track at home) will give me approximately one useful life skill. I don’t just go around looking for life skills. I was asked to take a CPR class by the principal of the mesivta in which I teach Language Arts, who recently found out that under New Jersey law there needs to be five teachers in the school who are certified. Five. That’s the law.