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Post by laurnsmom on Dec 21, 2008 18:09:14 GMT -5
to all my Jewish Friends who celebrate the fesival of lights starting tonight, especially my good friend Zen.
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Post by zenmastercivillian on Dec 21, 2008 18:11:45 GMT -5
Thanks, LM!
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Post by 2 Blue 4 U on Dec 21, 2008 20:46:55 GMT -5
Happy Chanukah! A little bit about Hanukkah: www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/Chanukah-in-a-Nutshell.htmChanukah in a Nutshell Chanukah -- the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of Kislev 25 -- celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality. More than twenty-one centuries ago, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who sought to forcefully Hellenize the people of Israel. Against all odds, a small band of faithful Jews defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it to the service of G-d. When they sought to light the Temple's menorah, they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks; miraculously, the one-day supply burned for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity. To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Chanukah. At the heart of the festival is the nightly menorah lighting: a single flame on the first night, two on the second evening, and so on till the eighth night of Chanukah, when all eight lights are kindled. On Chanukah we also recite Hallel and the Al HaNissim prayer to offer praise and thanksgiving to G-d for "delivering the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few... the wicked into the hands of the righteous." Chanukah customs include eating foods fried in oil -- latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiot (doughnuts); playing with the dreidel (a spinning top on which are inscribed the Hebrew letters nun, gimmel, hei and shin, an acronym for Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, "a great miracle happened there"); and the giving of Chanukah gelt, gifts of money, to children. |
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Post by lagirl2 on Dec 21, 2008 23:21:53 GMT -5
Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish LER friends.
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Post by proudpd on Dec 22, 2008 0:11:30 GMT -5
Merry Christmas back at you. Notice I didn't say Happy Holiday. The hell with that PC garbage.
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Post by laurnsmom on Dec 22, 2008 5:18:23 GMT -5
Thanks Proud.....Did GG tell you we met?  |
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Post by zenmastercivillian on Dec 22, 2008 8:44:55 GMT -5
Remember the theme of most Jewish holidays:
They tried to kill us.
They didn't.
Let's eat!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2008 10:36:52 GMT -5
Happy and healthy holidays for you and your families.  |
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Post by evp5O on Dec 22, 2008 14:09:33 GMT -5
Happy Hanukkah to all our friends here at the Law Enforcement Rant.
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Post by Bugsey on Dec 23, 2008 18:02:58 GMT -5
Thanks guys/gals.......back to you all......stay safe too...
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