may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.
may you be blessed in your going forth as you were in your coming.
and let us say.
apparently the power cell in the timer gave out precisely thirteen minutes before the device was set to go off. so we can only conclude that once again god has intervened to save the jewish people.
as you know, cindy, thirteen is a mystical number in the jewish faith. we believe that god has thirteen attributes.
of which the highest is ein sof, which means "without end," or, sometimes, "nothingness without end"
the purest form of spirit.