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20 Dec 2011, 5:14 pm

The first candle for Hanucha of 5772 is lit and in the window to advertise the miracle.

הנר הראשון של 5772 מואר ובחלון כדי לפרסם את הנס.


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20 Dec 2011, 5:36 pm

Who cares?

Merry Christmas!



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20 Dec 2011, 5:37 pm

Oh so your hebrew? Well I'm not..


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20 Dec 2011, 6:26 pm

codarac wrote:
Who cares?

Merry Christmas!


Me, for one. I am heading home shortly, to do the same.

נס גדול היה שם


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20 Dec 2011, 7:15 pm

Woo, sounds all futurey! :D

Shalom!

So, I searched "Jewish" on youtube and this came up first on the list. ENJOY! :P


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvB3hFKBZRM[/youtube]


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20 Dec 2011, 9:10 pm

ruveyn wrote:
The first candle for Hanucha of 5772 is lit and in the window to advertise the miracle.


There are no miracles, remember?



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20 Dec 2011, 9:50 pm

Telekon wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
The first candle for Hanucha of 5772 is lit and in the window to advertise the miracle.


There are no miracles, remember?


Like everyone else (even you, Jews, admit it), I used to think the story behind Chanukkah was pretty lame, as far as miracles go. But given international politics over the last couple of decades, I'd have to say that stretching out oil reserves seems far more compelling than a pregnant virgin at this point :lol:



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20 Dec 2011, 9:56 pm

ruveyn wrote:
The first candle for Hanucha of 5772 is lit and in the window to advertise the miracle. הנר הראשון של 5772 מואר ובחלון כדי לפרסם את הנס. ruveyn
הבורא יברך אתכם עם שלום, שגשוג, בריאות טובה! אמן



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20 Dec 2011, 10:06 pm

عطلات سعيدة!



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20 Dec 2011, 10:35 pm

מנחה שנמחקו. רע מאוד!



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21 Dec 2011, 3:59 am

Telekon wrote:
מנחה שנמחקו. רע מאוד!


Language!



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23 Dec 2011, 11:31 am

Obres wrote:
Like everyone else (even you, Jews, admit it), I used to think the story behind Chanukkah was pretty lame, as far as miracles go. But given international politics over the last couple of decades, I'd have to say that stretching out oil reserves seems far more compelling than a pregnant virgin at this point :lol:


Does it matter that it seems lame? If faith must ground itself in the awe-inspiring supernatural, then faith will always find itself on the losing end with the rise of reason. Regardless of what my faith teaches me, the world was not created during busy week 5,772 years ago. But I don't rely on the miraculous to ground my faith. I rely on the commonality of custom and ritual with millions of my fellow Jews the world over.

Besides, we save the big time miracles for Passover.


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23 Dec 2011, 11:45 am

is the eigth candle called a Shamash?

Shamash was the Mesopotamian sun god.



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23 Dec 2011, 7:39 pm

Robdemanc wrote:
is the eigth candle called a Shamash?

Shamash was the Mesopotamian sun god.


Ninth candle. In Hebrew Shamesh means utility agent or handy man.

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23 Dec 2011, 7:57 pm

Shalom,

I dedicate this to Ruveyn and all Jews everywhere: The Maccabeats - Candlelight

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJCSR4MuhU[/youtube]
Mazel Tov! A Hanukkah Song!



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23 Dec 2011, 8:02 pm

Telekon wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
The first candle for Hanucha of 5772 is lit and in the window to advertise the miracle.


There are no miracles, remember?


True. But there are highly improbable outcomes. The Jews of the holy land managed to beat the Greeks in a thirty five year war of insurgence. That was the Good News. The Bad News: they got the Romans to help them.

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