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Halachos (Religious Law) of Christmas
Jewish World Review ^ | 12/24/98 | Jewish World Review

Posted on 11/30/2014 12:31:05 PM PST by Phinneous

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It's c'dai (worthwhile) to read through this... A good-natured laugh for all faiths. Sorry in advance if anyone finds it offensive-- I just thought it was a cute "what if...
1 posted on 11/30/2014 12:31:05 PM PST by Phinneous
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I thought Halachos were Islamic Nachos..


2 posted on 11/30/2014 12:40:26 PM PST by humblegunner (Why hello, Captain Trips.)
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“...I thought Halachos were Islamic Nachos....”

Huh... and all this time, I thought Halachos were Mexican cowboys with gaudy, short pants...


3 posted on 11/30/2014 12:42:04 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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No, they’re just the nachos that give you bad breath, you know... halitosis.


4 posted on 11/30/2014 12:44:03 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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Mexican cowboys with gaudy, short pants...

Pretty sure that's a Religion Forum first right there.

I don't recall that ever coming up before.

Ground is broken on FR, it's true.

5 posted on 11/30/2014 12:50:02 PM PST by humblegunner (Why hello, Captain Trips.)
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Oh, so that’s GAUCHOS, not “halachos”...????

Sorry my bad!!!!!! :^)


6 posted on 11/30/2014 12:51:11 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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“...Ground is broken on FR, it’s true. ...”

We strive to endeavor... or endeavor to strive... or... something...


7 posted on 11/30/2014 12:52:05 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Resist we much!


8 posted on 11/30/2014 12:53:29 PM PST by humblegunner (Why hello, Captain Trips.)
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And much we shall... or so the stomach turns... after eating those moslem nachos!!!


9 posted on 11/30/2014 12:55:16 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Phinneous

Reminds me of the story Charlton Heston told about being at a party during the filming of “The Ten Commandments” and telling Milton Berle that he was exhausted from all the long days getting into and out of make up and filming in the role of Moses. Berle supposedly replied “Oh, you thought it was easy being a Jew”.


10 posted on 11/30/2014 12:59:45 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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“Endeavor to persevere”. And then we went home and declared war on the Union.


11 posted on 11/30/2014 1:01:18 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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Haha!!!

Outlaw Josey Wales... Chief Dan George. What a great old character actor.


12 posted on 11/30/2014 1:02:36 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Phinneous

This is hilarious! Thanks for posting. Traditionally, for western Christians, Christmas season begins midnight Christmas morning and Epiphany is 12 days later. Christmas season ends Feb 2, Candlemas Day, by the traditional calendar.


13 posted on 11/30/2014 1:13:40 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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Thank you for this sharing this! I have forwarded it to my adult children in the hopes it will provide guidance for us from Reb Kringle in such essential disputes as when is it too soon to decorate the tree, may an artificial tree be used etc.

My personal favorite is the minhagin for placing decorations symmetrically:

III. 2 (20) derived from the law that one’s head tefillin the must be placed in the exact middle of one’s head, and the similarity of the words “tefillin” and “tree fallen”


14 posted on 11/30/2014 1:38:42 PM PST by freebirth (If ignorance is bliss that could explain why I'm depressed.)
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Good stuff ey :)


15 posted on 11/30/2014 1:46:47 PM PST by Phinneous
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That's great! I love it!

(if you want to get really technical, Christmas lasts beyond the Octave of Christmas and Epiphany to the Feast of the Purification of Mary (Candlemas) which is February 2nd. So no need to ditch the decorations quite so soon . . . )

16 posted on 11/30/2014 2:10:24 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998 . . . :-D


17 posted on 11/30/2014 2:11:02 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: Phinneous

Yasher koiyach for posting. I saw this long ago, laughed, and have occasionally wondered where I’d seen it. Thank you.


18 posted on 11/30/2014 2:13:45 PM PST by JOHN ADAMS
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To: Phinneous

I thought it was cute.


19 posted on 11/30/2014 2:28:49 PM PST by Tax-chick (R.I.P., Dad, 11/25/14. Thanks for the lawyers, guns, and money.)
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Excellent! I'll send this out to my friends!

BTW, I notice that this year Xmas is on Thursday, but New Yer's is on Wednesday! (Check your calendar)

20 posted on 11/30/2014 2:37:57 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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