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Posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 17 18:25:48 2014, in response to It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Nilet on Wed Dec 17 18:25:06 2014. Hey that's grate!your pal, Spud |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 17 18:32:19 2014, in response to It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Nilet on Wed Dec 17 18:25:06 2014. That's why Hanukkah is eight days long. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 20:18:28 2014, in response to It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Nilet on Wed Dec 17 18:25:06 2014. Is it an important Holiday in the Jewish religion, or is the timing right with Christmas, that it puts Jews in the mood to celebrate too? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 17 20:45:35 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 20:18:28 2014. Why should Jews only celebrate "important" holidays? I celebrate all Jewish holidays. Maybe not really minor ones like Tu B'Shvat, but I know when it is. |
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Posted by Allan on Wed Dec 17 20:49:12 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 20:18:28 2014. We had Hanukkah long before you had Christmas. Two Centuries before in fact.Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of the 2nd century BCE. Part of the Festival of Lights deals with the miracle of the oil. There was only enough to last one night in the menorah yet it lasted 8 nights. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 21:10:50 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Allan on Wed Dec 17 20:49:12 2014. I just saw a parade of cars with Hanukkah candles take over Queens Blvd.I'm just asking if the celebrations are upped to oppose Christmas. If Christmas wasn't such a big deal, over-celebrated in my opinion, would Jews be as festive? |
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Posted by Fred G on Wed Dec 17 21:18:45 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 21:10:50 2014. Yeah they would. They can holiday like nobody's business.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Wed Dec 17 21:33:21 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Dec 17 18:32:19 2014. Well Christmas has 12!!!Plus the two and a half months the retailers have added to that....... :) |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Wed Dec 17 21:40:34 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 20:18:28 2014. So I worked Washington Dulles to Seattle yesterday morning. I headed into the streets early afternoon to witness the "Die-In" down at Pike Place Market but things took an unexpected turn. So as I was walking I happened across a temporary carousel right and stopped to watch the parents holding their adorable little children atop the horses but I kept hearing bells ringing in the distance so naturally I could not leave well enough alone and began heading south toward the sound. So like I found the source near the corner of Union and 2nd and it was not the carolers I suspected but the Salvation Army. I was about to throw a couple large into the tiller before heading back to the site of the "Die-In" along the waterfront when, lo and behold, a couple young Progressive Democrats who were trying to pass themselves off as Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains or Soundgarden band worshippers passed by and yelled at the Salvation Army man something about being a war criminal as if he was a member of the uniformed military service. My response was as follows: "Was that necessary?" and the guy in the woolen cap with the drawstrings hanging down told me to quote f--- off unquote at which time I proceeded to call him a coward since he and his partner kept walking away. So the loser in the cap turned around and started to walk up to me in an ill advised attempt to intimidate but I had none of it and saw him for what he was... a clown. So instead of backing down I began to approach him to hopefully escalate the situation into a physical confrontation right when his partner grabbed him by the arm to stop him from getting messed up. I knew he was afraid of me because the fear in his eyes was unmistakable. That place needs to get a grip and stop being so f---ing paranoid already. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Dec 17 21:53:11 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Allan on Wed Dec 17 20:49:12 2014. We had Hanukkah long before you had ChristmasEver read Jeremiah 10:3-5? Even in the JPS version? There's gotta be some familiarity there with a certain modern-day custom. |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Dec 18 15:13:31 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Dec 17 20:18:28 2014. Chanukah is not a biblical holiday and therefore, fairly minor. It is a bigger deal in the US and Canada than in other places because of its proximity to Christmas. Gift-giving on Chanukah is pretty much a North American tradition that is not widely followed (and certainly isn't followed in terms of the scale of the gifts) anywhere else. |
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Posted by Allan on Thu Dec 18 16:16:39 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Dec 17 21:53:11 2014. The use of a tree is drawneth from ancient Pagan rituals as referreth to in the passages.However the term Christmas and the specific celebration of the birth of Yeshua (that was Jesus' given name before the Romans latinized it) did not come to pass until after his death. For what it is worth there have been unofficial Chanukkah bushes. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Dec 18 16:32:30 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Allan on Thu Dec 18 16:16:39 2014. Long after Yeshua's death (and in the Greek text, it is Ιησούς, where Latin Iesus comes from). There's nothing in any of what is called the New Testament that prescribes observation of his birthday. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Dec 18 16:38:34 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Dec 18 16:32:30 2014. LOL |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Dec 18 16:58:14 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Dec 18 16:32:30 2014. Are you trying to say the Old Testament is a source for Christmas celebrations? You've really gone off your rocker... |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 18 17:07:33 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Dec 18 16:32:30 2014. Text corrected.Long after Yeshua's death (and in the Greek text, it is Ιησούς). There's nothing in any of what is called the New Testament that prescribes observation of his birthday. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 21:49:01 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Dec 18 15:13:31 2014. Since Chunakah has become "Jewish Christmas", we now need a Jewish St. Patrick's Day. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 21:56:27 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by cortelyounext on Thu Dec 18 17:07:33 2014. Thank you |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 19 00:45:18 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by SMAZ on Thu Dec 18 21:49:01 2014. Purim long predates St. Patrick's Day. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 19 00:46:03 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 19 00:45:18 2014. St. Patrick's Day should therefore be called the Goyish Purim. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 19 01:58:10 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Dec 19 00:46:03 2014. I like that.Now Jewish industry leaders need to get with the entertainment and booze establishment and have that otherwise minor holiday go national along the lines of Cinco de Mayo, St Paddy's and Mardi Gras. It'd be a boon for the otherwise non-existent national market for kosher wine and other drinks. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri Dec 19 05:19:05 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by SMAZ on Fri Dec 19 01:58:10 2014. Now Jewish industry leaders need to get with the entertainment and booze establishment and have that otherwise minor holiday go national along the lines of Cinco de Mayo, St Paddy's and Mardi Gras.It'd be a boon for the otherwise non-existent national market for kosher wine and other drinks. 
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Dec 19 06:05:57 2014, in response to Re: It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Fri Dec 19 05:19:05 2014. Haha that's excellent!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by kew gardens teleport on Sun Dec 21 12:09:27 2014, in response to It Is Now Hanukkah, posted by Nilet on Wed Dec 17 18:25:06 2014. I'm surprised you weren't contemplating John 10 instead. |
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