Our new cooktop arrived and was installed today! The installation went smoothly (I wasn’t in the kitchen when they were working, but I didn’t hear any unexpected noises or swearing), and it looks good. I tested it and made sure all the burners worked, but we haven’t used it to cook yet – we weren’t sure whether it would be installed before dinner, so we planned a meal that didn’t need the cooktop.

While we were waiting for the installers, I had to turn off “Block Unknown Callers” on my phone, so I wound up answering two spam callers this afternoon. Both were real people, not recordings. One was from “Pain Relief Center”, claiming to be a follow-up call; the other claimed to be from CVS and told me that Medicare had “short-listed me” for some kind of heart test for free. I almost miss the auto warranty calls!

We had another Limmud (learning session) with a candidate for Senior Rabbi at Shir Hadash this evening. Even though Hanukkah ended earlier today, the candidate talked about the lights of Hanukkah and their meaning and how they relate to the lights of Creation – it got rather Kabbalistic at times, but it was quite interesting and led to some good discussions.