NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- More than 100 people were killed and several dozen wounded when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in Kenya early Sunday, authorities said.

The tanker overturned along a highway spilling gallons of gas which hundreds of residents rushed to scoop up, said Titus Mung'ou of the Kenyan Red Cross."People were lining up trying to get the fuel," he said. "They were siphoning off petrol for over an hour. Some people had drilled holes in the tanker and were charging a fee for the assembled crowd."

The vehicle exploded about an hour later, apparently after one of the residents lit a cigarette or started a fire at the crash site, Mung'ou said.

"There is the need to strengthen the capacity in handling fires," Mung'ou said.

 

I think that has to be the understatement of the year.  Its absolutely amazing !!!  In the excitement of getting something for free and even making money, these people forgot the commodity that they were dealing with.  If I hadn't read it, I wouldn't have believed it.

 

 I was learning with a friend this Mishna Bruerer this week and I found advice from Chofetz Chaim on how a person is to eat : siman cuf nun zion, sif katan dalet in the middle : "Its good that one makes his food lighter in the day then in the night. And he should eat bread in the day.  If he has a weak heart, he should not fill his plate at one time and he should behave according to what is written concerning the man.  "In the evening meat you eat, and bread in the morning will satisfy"  Its brought in the Zohar Parsha Be Shalach, A  man should not cook his food from one day for the next day.  And he should not save food from one day for the next day (and the reason for this is that a man should ask each day for his sustenance) If only we could be at that level.

 I don't know how one would actually apply such a thing today, or if it is even applicable (shy-ach), but I thought it interesting and even more so because that's the Parsha this week.  The sixth aliyah,  this Shabbas. Go for it, grab that Aliya.  I say Parshas Ha Man every day.  Its meant to be a sugula for Parnassa.  I wouldn't like to think about what my situation would be like if I didn't say it !!!###???

A Guten Sha - Bass...

Rb Yossi