Wrong time of year? Peace on Earth Goodwill Industries towards men (I take this stuff seriously, that's no joke.):
Now here's something odd. It really catches the eye...
Right on Old World Christmas' own "Christmas in July" page (New Releases Advent Calendar), the image more or less front and center and the very embodiment of "Christmas in July", is not seemingly linked to anything at all:
Technical Issue no release
Then it gets weirder because there's a similar issue with the very last entry in the line-up:
August 5th
Well as some may know, the Jewish tradition is that the birthday of the Messiah -- not necessarily literally, but as per his soul's arrival -- would happen on Tisha B'Av, the date of the destruction of the Temple.
"Although Mashiach1 could come in any moment, the Talmud declares that Tisha b’Av is the day most suited to his birth.2"
On that note, the predominant year stated for the destruction of the Second Temple is AD 70 (Hebrew year 3830).
By setting this detailed calendar calculator to year 3830, the last entry for the
"Hebrew Holy Days and their Equivalent Dates in the Western Calendar" chart is:
Tisha Ba’ Av (Fast of Av / Destruction of the Temple)
10 Av
Sunday
5 August 70
That's on account of Tisha B'Av falling on a Sabbath that year, so it got... postponed.
😃
(Winning!)
Now of course Jewish History accounting methods are a tad more involved. For example, on Chabad's site the destruction year is given as 69 CE:
Holy Temples Destroyed (423 BCE and 69 CE)
Both the first and second Holy Temples which stood in Jerusalem were destroyed on Av 9: the First Temple by the Babylonians in the year 3338 from creation (423 BCE), and the second by the Romans in 3829 (69 CE).
Now if that's the case (or just in case), best to check that calendar calculator again, to dial it back a year:
Tisha Ba’ Av (Fast of Av / Destruction of the Temple)
9 Av
Sunday
16 July 69
not seemingly linked to anything at all,
yet Apollo 11 fans would know it was the very launch date of the Mission covering all of The Nine Days, from 1 Av to the splashdown of Columbia on Tisha B'Av, in the year '69.
A big announcement it was:
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
The celebrant has all but been forgotten!
Jewish History
First Human on the Moon (1969)
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a successful landing on the moon’s surface, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on our celestial neighbor, on July 20, corresponding to the Hebrew date of 6 Menachem Av (after nightfall in eastern U.S.).
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=07%2F21%2F1969
I wonder what the "Technical Issue" could ever be.
With the out-of-the-blue reminder here about the 423 date, the Temple destruction dates make the connection to my observation on yesterdays' time capsule thread, concerning the license plate anomaly. Great!