Comments on: What’s Today’s Date? http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/ Mixed Multitudes Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:52:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: dan13 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/#comment-934 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:20:55 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/#comment-934 <b><i>Hi,</i></b><br /><b><i>We know each point on this earth hase own time and related to the sun and the stars and the circel of the moon , before the watch and the calendar people maked good use of</i></b><br /><b><i>these,aktually habit-formings.</i></b><br /><b><i>So think semple,Your own time related to that place there You are.</i></b><br /><b><i>have You seen a watch to go stright on?/</i></b> Hi,
We know each point on this earth hase own time and related to the sun and the stars and the circel of the moon , before the watch and the calendar people maked good use of
these,aktually habit-formings.
So think semple,Your own time related to that place there You are.
have You seen a watch to go stright on?/

]]> by: Mellie3192 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/#comment-904 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:08:49 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/#comment-904 How about us poor folks down in Australia?! Not just another timezone, a whole other seasonal calendar. It is a bit disturbing celebrating Channukah in 35 to 40 degree (celsius, that's 95 to 104 to you Americans out there) weather! We often discuss holding festivals when they make seasonal sense just for fun, for example doing a "Channukah in June/July" party =D How about us poor folks down in Australia?! Not just another timezone, a whole other seasonal calendar. It is a bit disturbing celebrating Channukah in 35 to 40 degree (celsius, that’s 95 to 104 to you Americans out there) weather!
We often discuss holding festivals when they make seasonal sense just for fun, for example doing a “Channukah in June/July” party =D

]]> by: leon1 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/#comment-892 Thu, 08 May 2008 23:52:51 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/holidays/whats-todays-date/#comment-892 When Yom HaAtzmaut (and also Yom HaShoah) fall on Thursday evening / Friday, the holiday is observed one day earlier -- that is, on Wednesday evening and Thursday. The State of Israel does this to avoid the juxtaposition of those days with Erev Shabbat -- allowing Sabbath-observant Jews to observe those days without curtailing their preparation for Shabbat. Inevitably in America, some institutions and synagogues know about this Friday-moved-to-Thursday rule, and others don't. We should incorporate this "minhag Yisraeli" (Israeli custom) here as well as far as these days are concerned. As for the parade, it is always scheduled after Lag B'Omer to allow traditionally observant Jews who are forbidden to dance or listen to live music during the first weeks of the Omer to do so. Oh, the intricacies of the calendar. When Yom HaAtzmaut (and also Yom HaShoah) fall on Thursday evening / Friday, the holiday is observed one day earlier — that is, on Wednesday evening and Thursday. The State of Israel does this to avoid the juxtaposition of those days with Erev Shabbat — allowing Sabbath-observant Jews to observe those days without curtailing their preparation for Shabbat. Inevitably in America, some institutions and synagogues know about this Friday-moved-to-Thursday rule, and others don’t. We should incorporate this “minhag Yisraeli” (Israeli custom) here as well as far as these days are concerned.

As for the parade, it is always scheduled after Lag B’Omer to allow traditionally observant Jews who are forbidden to dance or listen to live music during the first weeks of the Omer to do so.

Oh, the intricacies of the calendar.

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