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[Wildflowers]

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Then how about you quote the guy that actually asked the question?

Because about four different people posted since that one with the same question. And I was too lazy to go and find and cite each person.
So instead of single one out, or leave one out, I just figured I would reiterate a general post. Funny that the person responding to a person who didnt bother reading to the first one would be the one to respond to my response. No?

 

[adamson1000]

w00t purim is tommow!


im jewish too

 

[Duruznik]

w00t purim is tommow!


im jewish too

Gotta love them Purim Parties, eh? It's also the first time Purim is on a Sunday (immediately after the weekend!) in a long time. Here's to a 4 day weekend!

 

[Feralcentaur]

The Jews sold Jesus out *wink*

Which day is actually your Sabbath day? Is it Friday or Saturday?

What is a Jewish stance on the New Testament?

The New Testament is basically fan fiction.

That is the most offensive thing you can say about someones Religion EVER and I love you for that.

 

[Duruznik]

Can Jews really only find partners through a "matchmaker"? That seems terribly... restricting.

Secuolar Jews don't use them, and I doubt many religious ones need to. I believe it's mostly the orthodox Jews that still use them. I'm secular and all the people I know who date just do it the same way one would do it in any western country.

 

[Icarion (aka Stockholm)]

What's the meaning and significance of those little hats? They barely cover the top of the scalp and I've seen them being taken off more than I've seen them on heads.

I know there's a word for them...

My Rabbi said that there was nothing in the bible about them but I believe the reason we wear tehm is to remind us that God is over us in Heaven. I think.

And I'm one of those cultural Jews, so I eat pork and only fo to Temple on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah

 

[Olofelefant]

Is this a rhetoric question?

If this is not an answer. Something like that.

 

[Duruznik]

So how do you feel about the offering animals to god stuff ? I am assuming it was important until it was banned. (who banned it btw ?)

Also I remember reading before that some holiday you guys celibrate was actually a cover up for you siding with the Romans against the Greeks, then the Romans screwed you over is that true ?

The animal sacrifices were preformed during the old testiment times, up until the destruction of the second temple around 70 AD. Since then, no more scrifices were done. In theory, if a 3rd temple is ever built, the sacrifices would start again, though I doubt it will ever happen.

As for the Romans and the Greeks, I think you were misinformed. Hannukka is in celebration of the successful rebellion against the Greeks and the miracle of the oil lamp (it lasted 7 days longer than it should've). We also have a small holiday called Lag Ba'Omer, usually in May, during which we make bonfires. It's a way of marking the failed rebellion which happened against the Romans a long time down the line from the rebellion against the Greeks (I think it was more than a century, but I'm not sure).

 

[Icarion (aka Stockholm)]

I don't have a problem with religious jews, but the fact that some of the don't consider me a jew, because I'm not jewish is an issue
as for the second question look up a little and you'll get all the answer you'll need

This makes no sense. What is your affiliation and why do you consider yourself Jewish but others do not?

It complicated, but the same could be said for me. The OP said he didnt want to talk about it though. I has to do with being an ethinic Jew and one that constantly goes to Temple. Like people in America who say that they're Christian and then the ones who actually are. Except because of the smaller over all Jewish population, some feel that each Jew should do his best to preserve the race, and thus get angry at the cultral Jews because... You knwo what, Im not gonna get into it.

 

[crazypsyko666]

[small]I don't see this ending well, but what the hey.[/small]

Do you really receive multiple days of gift giving during Hanukkah?

How does that work compared to Christmas?

Most people forget the actual significance of Channukah was the invention of Guerilla warfare. The candle thing was just a 'miracle' to get the kids excited about it, but really it was about the Macabee's family (almost like a clan, really) going to war against a splinter faction of the Hellenist Greeks and winning.

 

[Duruznik]

[small]I don't see this ending well, but what the hey.[/small]

Do you really receive multiple days of gift giving during Hanukkah?

How does that work compared to Christmas?

Most people forget the actual significance of Channukah was the invention of Guerilla warfare. The candle thing was just a 'miracle' to get the kids excited about it, but really it was about the Macabee's family (almost like a clan, really) going to war against a splinter faction of the Hellenist Greeks and winning.

Actually, the original point was to celebrate the miracle of the oil lamp lasting for 8 days instead of 1. The heroic rebellion as a whole was there too, but it wasn't as big a deal until the Zionist movement wanted to give the holiday a more modern relevance during th eearly 20th century.