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'''Please try not to add Administrivia/{{natter}} or unnecessary information. This is not a treatise or lecture on Jewish Holidays; it is Useful Notes.'''
->"We have holidays up the ass! Sometimes I stay home, and I don't even know why!"
Most Jewish holidays, as the saying goes, can be described in nine words: "They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat." With the exception of fasts, when it goes: "They tried to kill us. They managed it. Let's not eat."
Having said that, there are quite a few fast days as well. And because [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} there's so much variety in Jewish practice]], there is necessarily some FanMyopia in these descriptions. Unless otherwise stated, the practices described here correspond to Ashkenazi Orthodoxy, which can be seen as a sort of "template" for the others. Since AllJewsAreAshkenazi this is often a default in people's minds. Many Jews are less observant or non-observant and won't strictly follow, or even be aware of, all of these holidays; the ones they are most likely to observe would include Yom Kippur, Passover, and Chanukah.
A Jewish holiday is known as a ''yom tov'' (literally, "good day"). On any ''yom tov'', one greets a fellow Jew with "Gut Yom Tov" (for those of a European background) or "Chag Same'ach" (for those more Eastern in extraction); the first is Yiddish and the second is Hebrew.
There are three kinds of holidays:
* "Major holidays": Holidays which originated in the Torah. On these days, "work" is forbidden in mostly the same way it is on the Sabbath (cooking is allowed on these holidays, as is transferring flame from one already-burning fuel source to another. Starting a new fire is not allowed). This includes operating electrical devices like light switches, riding buses, conducting business, and a myriad other laws. To confuse you further, this is known as a ''yom tov'' when compared against ''chol hamo'ed'' (below) - but the full holiday is ''also'' known as ''yom tov'', so context matters.
** ''Chol Hamo'ed'' (literally "the mundane part of the holiday"): On Passover, which is 7 or 8 days long, and Sukkot, which is 8 or 9 days long, only the first one or two and last one or two days are full holidays. The ones in between are more minor, and many different kinds of "work" are permitted. Just how much is permitted depends on how lenient your views are.
* "Minor Holidays": Holidays that originated later than the Torah (that is, in the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud). Unlike the major holidays, work during these days is allowed.
* Fast days. No work is forbidden on these, for the most part (except on Yom Kippur), but eating and drinking is forbidden. Unlike most holidays, the minor fast days start from sunrise, not sunset of the previous day (this incidentally makes their rules more or less identical to the fast in UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}). The major ones (Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av) do start from sunset.
'''Jewish Calendar'''
The Jewish calendar is lunar/solar. Each of the 12 months are 29 or 30 days. However, this results in a year of only 353-355 days (depending on how many there are of each month length), 10-12 days shorter than the solar year. To make sure that the holidays fall out in roughly the same time every year, an extra month is added on every so often (7 out of every 19 years). The month names (which ironically are Babylonian, not Hebrew), are as follows (with the holidays in that month indicated):
* Nisan (Passover)
* Iyar (Lag Ba'Omer)
* Sivan (Shavuot)
* Tammuz (17 Tammuz)
* Av (Tisha B'Av, Tu B'Av)
* Elul
* Tishrei (Rosh Hashana, Tzom Gedaliah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, Simchat Torah)
* Marcheshvan, more commonly known as Cheshvan
* Kislev (the first few days of Chanukah)
* Tevet (the last few days of Chanukah, Asara B'Tevet)
* Shvat (Tu Bi'Shvat)
* Adar I (added during leap years)
* Adar or Adar II (Fast of Esther, Purim)
Nisan is usually in March/April, so the other months continue from there. By the way, if you've played ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', you may recognize the month names or mistranslations of them.
All days technically begin the sunset of the day prior, so on a "major holiday" (where "work" is forbidden, like using electrical devices or conducting business) the restrictions begin on sunset the day before and last until after dark on the next day.
In Israel, most of the "major holidays" are all only one day long. Outside of Israel, though, all major holidays are two days long. This is historical: back before telephones, the appearance of the new moon, which signals the beginning of a new month, was "announced" via messenger. To those places far outside Jerusalem, by the time the holiday was due to come around they still didn't know how long the previous month had been (29 or 30 days), and thus to be safe they kept both possible days.
'''Rosh Hashana''' - 1-2 Tishrei
Literally "head of the year", and one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. It is also the exception that proves the rule: a holiday that is two days both in and out of Israel. Rosh Hashanah together with Yom Kippur, are known as the ''yamim nora'im'' or "Days of Awe", also known as the "High Holidays". During this time of year, Jews are exhorted to examine their sins and repent of them. It is believed that we are judged on Rosh Hashana for our actions, and our fates are sealed for the next year on Yom Kippur.
Prayers on Rosh Hashana are much more liturgical and much longer than during a normal holiday. Some of this is taken up by the ''shofar'', a horn (usually that of a ram or Greater Kudu, a type of antelope) which is sounded 100 times in order to "awaken" Jews to repent.
Rosh Hashana is the only "major holiday" which lasts two days even in Israel, possibly because it's the only one to fall on the first of a month, so even those nearby wouldn't know which day to observe.
While Rosh Hashana has many joyous aspects, it is not a celebratory occasion. Because of this, "Happy New Year" is often seen as an inapropriate greeting (although "a sweet new year" is mentioned in several customs). The traditional greeting is "L'shana tova tikatev v'techatem", which translates as "May you be written and sealed for a good year", or simply "Shana Tova", "Have a good year".
There are technically several different starts of the year for different purposes. The "first month" in the Jewish calendar is Nisan, the month that Passover falls on; the calendar year, however, starts with Rosh Hashana. This means that you go from e.g. 6/5700 to 7/5701, then from 12/5701 to 1/5701 until 6/5701, followed by 7/5702. Confusing, yes.
''Food!'' Starting from Rosh Hashana, the ''challah'' (a kind of braided bread) eaten every Shabbat are dipped in honey to symbolize the desire for a "sweet new year". Some communities also eat round/circular challah during Tishrei. On Rosh Hashana itself it's common practice to dip an apple in the honey as well.
It is also customary to eat the head of a fish (symbolizing the "head" of the new year). This may be substituted for ''Gefilte Fish'', but then again many Ashkenazi families will eat Gefilte Fish at any festive opportunity. There are a great many other ''simanim'' (literally "signs") that various groups of Jews eat on Rosh Hashana, including the fish head (or, more commonly for Sephardim and Mizrahim, cow tongue) and honey. All of them have some kind of linguistic justification or pun associated with them as well as a short blessing, many of which refer to our enemies being vanquished.
'''Yom Kippur''' - 10 Tishrei
Occurs ten days after Rosh Hashana, and is the most serious day in the calendar. The ten days are known as ''aseret y'mei teshuvah'', "Ten Days of Repentance". The day immediately after Rosh Hashana is a fast day, called ''Tzom Gedaliah'' (Fast of Gedaliah), which mourns the assassination of Gedaliah Ben Achikam, the governor of Israel during the days of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylonia, about 500 years BCE.
Yom Kippur itself is not only a "major holiday" but also a fast day; however, unlike most other fast days, not only food and drink but also makeup, leather shoes, hand washing, and sexual relations are forbidden (Tisha B'Av is the only other day with these restrictions). The entire day and much of the preceding night is spent in the synagogue, praying.
''Food!'' None. Too bad. Though there's usually a good spread before the fast; it's said that, in eating a huge meal on the 9th to prepare for fasting on the 10th, God is appreciative enough to give you merit as though you fasted on both days. After the fast the food isn't bad either.
Note: As Yom Kippur is not a "happy" day, it is not considered correct to wish someone a "Happy Yom Kippur." Instead, one should wish someone an "easy fast."
'''Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, Simchat Torah''' - 15-23 Tishrei (22 Tishrei in Israel)
Occurs five days after Yom Kippur (yes, this time of year is extremely busy!). One of the big three holidays in the calendar. Essentially the "Festival of Huts", Sukkot is more of an agricultural festival, but nowadays is mainly known for the sometimes elaborate wooden huts that spring up in any heavily Jewish area. Jews eat and (some) sleep in them for a seven-day period, in remembrance of when the original Hebrews slept in huts in their journey out of Egypt (or, some say, as a reference to the Clouds of Glory that surrounded them).
When in synagogue, men will carry the Four Species: the ''etrog'' (a yellow citron[[note]]The citron is a citrus fruit which is mostly skin and pith and contains little if any juicy pulp; outside of Jewish ritual, it is mostly used to make succade, which depending on your perspective is either a kind of marmalade or simply just candied citrus peel.[[/note]]), ''lulav'' (palm frond), ''hadasim'' (myrtle branches) and ''aravot'' (willow branches). The last three are bound together in one bundle. During the prayers, the Four Species are held and waved around at various points. Historically, many congregations could not access some or all of the Four Species (this was a particular problem among Ashkenazi congregations in Europe and later in North America), so it was common for a synagogue to have only one of each, but today all the men having a full set is pretty common.
The last day of ''chol hamo'ed'' (i.e. the seventh day of the holiday) is known as Hoshana Rabbah. There are some aspects of the High Holidays that trickle down here. The prayers are longer, and near the end, the men will take a bundle of five ''aravos'' and bash them against the ground several times. This is very symbolic and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial has nothing whatsoever to do with letting out the stress of building huts and cooking and cleaning so much]].
Outside Israel, the last two days of Sukkot are known as Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. (In Israel, there's only one last day, on the 22nd of Tishrei, and it's Simchat Torah.) Shmini Atzeret is basically Simchat Torah lite. Simchat Torah itself is a day in which Jews celebrate the completion of the Torah reading for the year. They dance with Torah scrolls in the synagogue, and often get blindingly drunk.
''Food!'' Nothing in particular, just lots of it. The ''challah'' is still dipped in honey all the way up until Simchat Torah.
'''Chanukah''' - 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet (3 Tevet, if that year Kislev has only 29 days in it)
Or Hanukah, or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Channukkah]], or for those truly addicted to spelling, Chhhannnukkkkahhhh.[[note]]to be pronounced using as much phlegm as possible. "Hebrew", said Lewis Black, "is truly a phlegm-based language."[[/note]] The most well-known of the Jewish holidays, and ironically one of the least important in the calendar. Chanukah is the most recent holiday added to the universal Jewish calendar (around 100 BCE) and is classified as a "minor holiday" (i.e. work is permitted).
The story of Chanukah involves the Chashmona'im, a family of priests in power, and the Maccabees, a specific set of people in the family. The Syrian-Greeks, in occupying Israel, eventually started banning Jewish practices and even defiled the Jewish Temple. The Chashmona'im led a rebellion against them and ousted them from power. It is worth noting that this is the first recorded war for religious freedom. When they got back to the Temple, though, they couldn't find any unspoiled oil to light the ''menorah'', a holy ceremonial candelabra. They finally found one jar of oil still sealed, but it was only enough for a single day. However, miraculously, the oil lasted eight days, leaving them enough time to manufacture new oil.
To commemmorate [[MaccabeanRevolt the war]] and the miracle, Jews light a ''chanukiyah'', a smaller version of the ''menorah'' with a total of nine lights: one for each night, plus a ''shamash'' or "helper" light. The ''shamash'' is necessary because the lights themselves are forbidden to be used for their light. Each night, one more light is lit (so one plus ''shamash'' on the first day, two plus ''shamash'' on the second day, up to 8 + 1 on the last day).
By its nature, Chanukah is ''totally dissimilar'' from Christmas other than falling around the same time of year. We get annoyed when people try to conflate the two. Unfortunately, there are some Jews (often those jealous of their Christian friends) who have begun to do so, hence the creation of the "Chanukah bush" (to emulate Christmas trees) and the giving of presents; some families even give a present every single night of the holiday, which makes people's heads hurt. The 'Chanukah bush' is tragically ironic, given that the point of Chanukah is that we did not assimilate into Greek culture but kept our Jewish identity. Presents are somewhat justified, however, as a variation on the giving of Chanukah gelt (Yiddish for "money").
The iconic game played on Chanukah is the ''dreidel'', a spinning top with four sides. On each side is a letter: "Nun", "Gimel", "Heh", "Shin", which spell an acronym for ''Nes Gadol Hayah Sham'', "a great miracle happened there". In Israel, the Shin is replaced with a Peh, which changes the meaning to "a great miracle happened ''here''". Money is put into a pot (like in poker) and depending on what side the ''dreidel'' comes down on, you either put in or take out. It should be noted, however, that because the only "move" a player can make is spinning the dreidel, it is actually really boring to play, and only children and people who don't know better will actually take it seriously. One couple [[http://www.texasdreidel.com/ tried mixing it with Texas-hold-'em]], but we're getting off-topic now. Side note: Dreidel becomes quite a lot more fun when you make it a drinking game.
As a side note, in Israel it's also gotten a bit more important than is traditional or justified on purely religious grounds, though for completely different reasons: there, the whole fight-for-independence angle is played up, and depending on the political and social climate the importance of [[IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles military strength]] may be emphasized.
''Food!'' Fried foods are eaten on Chanukah (because they're made with oil). Popular ones are ''latkes'' or ''levivot'' (fried potato pancakes) and ''sufganiyot'' (jelly doughnuts--if you're from the American Midwest, think of paczkis, as there isn't any real difference). Mm, feel those arteries harden, and those digestive systems moan! Chocolate coins may be available for purchase as a type of Chanukah gelt.
For more details on (C)han(n)uk(k)ah, see this [[http://blip.tv/rooney-enterprises/thatjewishguy-c-h-anuk-k-a-h-2010-4507956 video]].
'''Asara B'Tevet''' - 10 Tevet
A minor fast day from sunrise to sunset, this day commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
'''Tu Bishvat''' - 15 Shvat
A very minor holiday, this marks the "new year for trees". (The name just means "15th of the month of Shvat"). Some people will eat extra dried fruits or nuts today, often having a rare fruit they haven't had all year so that they can recite a special blessing over it.
In Israel, many elementary schools send hordes of school-children to plant new trees. It is estimated that upwards of 300 million trees have been planted by school-children since the state's inception. However, the ''Keren Kayemet'', a national foundation similar to the Parks Commission, has to send out a vast number of employees to replant those trees, since school children understandably aren't very good at it. Also, many of those trees are promptly bulldozed to make way for new neighborhoods and roads.
'''The Fast of Esther''' - 13 Adar or Adar II.
A minor fast day from sunrise to sunset, this day commemorates Esther's fasting for three days during the Purim story and leads directly into the reading of the Book of Esther when Purim begins that night.
'''Purim''' - 14 Adar or Adar II.
A "minor holiday" in that work is not forbidden. The most joyous day in the Jewish calendar, and the holiday most obviously geared towards kids. The story of Purim is actually really cool, taking place around 300 BCE, and involves kings! Queens! Betrayal! Conspiracy! Poison! Sex! Humiliation! War! [[Literature/{{Discworld}} And 1,000 Elephants!]] Essentially, the evil [[DastardlyWhiplash Haman]] tries to convince [[TheFool King Ahasuerus]] (sometimes known as Artaxerxes or Xerxes - yes, possibly [[ThreeHundred that Xerxes]]) to kill all the Jews. Needless to say, he doesn't win, thanks to the efforts of the noble Mordechai and Esther, and is in fact HoistByHisOwnPetard in an incredible CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
On Purim, kids dress up in various costumes and roam around town giving presents to their neighbors and friends (so it's kind of like a reverse Halloween, though not as scary). More importantly, it's ''required'' to get drunk on Purim; according to the Talmud, one must be inebriated enough to not know the difference between "Blessed is Mordechai" and "Cursed is Haman". Overly sober rabbis have indicated that one can fulfill this just by going to sleep (since unconscious people don't know the difference either). Most other people have called them spoilsports and gotten drunk all the same.
* Among Orthodox Jewry there is actually a great deal of debate over what exactly this requirement for drunkenness means in a practical sense. The general consensus among Modern Orthodox rabbis is that those who can drink in a safe and responsible manner should have something to drink, perhaps even enough to make them appreciably (and pleasantly) drunk, but not so much that they ''literally'' can't differentiate between "Blessed is Mordechai" and "Cursed is Haman", probably because that level of intoxication also leads to blackouts, drunk driving, assaults, and all sorts of general badness.
In synagogue, the Book of Esther is read, and whenever Haman's name comes up, everyone in the synagogue makes a huge racket. Traditionally this was with ''graggers'' (noisemakers with a cylindrical handle that are turned to make noise) but nowadays you're likely to hear electronic beepers, cap guns, or just plain banging.
There's also a requirement to have a big honking feast in the evening, during which the people who aren't drunk yet often become so.
Also, it is forbidden to refuse a request for charity, so many people go collecting. Often these people are teenage boys in funny hats and various stages of inebriation, who sing and dance around your house, making the china wobble.
''Food!'' Hamentashen are triangular pastries filled with jam or poppy seeds and are ubiquitous on Purim. The Hebrew name (''Oznei Haman'') mean "Ears of Haman". [[BodyHorror Try not to think about that too long]]. For young kids this is ignored and we tell them that Haman wore a three sided hat. This was most likely started by mothers sick of having to deal with their children not being able to sleep through the night until Pesach. The etymology of the Yiddish term, Hamentash, is unknown, with a great many possibilities under consideration.
'''Shushan Purim''' - 15 Adar or Adar II
People in cities that have been surrounded by a wall since the time of Joshua push Purim off by a day, celebrating it on this date instead. This includes Jerusalem and Shushan ([[CaptainObvious for which the day is named]]),[[note]]Which doesn't exist anymore; the ancient walled city of Susa was destroyed by the Mongols in 1218, and the modern town bearing its name is a few kilometers away.[[/note]] as well as a widely varying list of other cities, depending on custom. This has also led to [[JewsLoveToArgue a great deal of debate]] about what constitutes "a city surrounded by a wall since the time of Joshua": besides ''which'' cities these were, do people living in the same municipality but outside the old walls count?[[note]]This is actually rather important, thanks to the increasing sprawl around UsefulNotes/{{Jerusalem}}: should Jews in West Jerusalem or the Jewish districts of East Jerusalem outside the Old City celebrate regular Purim or Shushan Purim? What about the ones living in the Jerusalem commuter belt? What if your apartment is in Tel Aviv but you work in Jerusalem (it's only an hour's drive)? Or if you live in Jerusalem but work in Tel Aviv? Or--and this is more likely--you live in outer West Jerusalem but work at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod--and your spouse works in the Old City? Or if you spend half the week in Tel Aviv and half in Jerusalem? Etc., etc., etc.[[/note]] What if the walls were entirely destroyed and then rebuilt? What about a city with two or more walls concentrically (pretty common for a very long time), one older and one more recent? Etc., etc., etc.
'''Passover''' - 15-22 Nisan (21 Nisan in Israel)
Taking place 30 days after Purim, Passover (or Pesach) is one of the big three holidays. It commemmorates the exodus from Egypt over 1,000 BCE. As the Bible says, the Jews were led out of Egypt so quickly that their bread didn't have time to rise. The end result was ''matzah'', which for Ashkenazi Jews is invariably a flat bread sort of like a cracker. Because of this, on Passover nothing leavened ("chametz") is eaten at all. Some Orthodox movements have latched onto Passover as a great place to introduce stringencies; so, for example, Ashkenazi Jews don't eat beans or rice, and many don't even allow matzah to come into contact with any liquid, for fear that there's a little uncooked dough inside that may rise. Sephardi and other Jews are for the most part free of this sort of thing, regarding the Ashkenazi stringencies as kind of silly, and several communities are known for their soft, bread-like matzah that is almost indistinguishable from regular bread--to say nothing of their fondness for rice dishes and plenty of legumes during Passover.
Before Passover, the house is cleaned scrupulously of all crumbs (this often turns into spring cleaning). The night before Passover, ''bedikas chametz'' (Search for Leaven) is done. This consists of turning out all the lights, going around with a candle (or flashlight), feather (or brush) and bag, and catching any crumbs you missed. To ensure you find something, 10 pieces of ''chametz'' (bread or possibly Cheerios) are put out beforehand. The next day, whatever ''chametz'' you have left is burned. Chametz which cannot be discarded is symbolically sold to a non-Jew and sealed off for the duration of the holiday.
Passover is seven (eight outside Israel) days long; the first and last (or outside Israel, first two and last two) days are "major holidays" while the middle ones are "Chol Hamo'ed".
On the first night (or first two outside Israel), a ''seder'' is held. This is a long, ritual-laden sequence which the family holds in their dining room. It involves discussion of the Exodus and Torah thoughts; specific foods eaten, such as ''matzah'' and ''maror'', a bitter herb (usually lettuce, particularly romaine--which is not bitter at first, but becomes bitter after a while, representing the Hebrew experience in Egypt--but horseradish, endive, green onion, and parsley are also used), to remember the servitude; a meal; four cups of wine; and many songs. The whole thing is contained in a book called the ''haggadah'' ("telling"). ''Sedarim'' can last well past midnight.
The Last Supper in Christianity is generally held to have been a Passover seder, and in general, Easter falls quite close to Passover. The massive movement in the date of Easter is a result of having a Christian holiday map to the Jewish festival of Passover; the incessant debates over how to calculate the date of Easter is a result of the Christians refusing to just use the Jewish calendar to figure out the date already and rely on convoluted mathematics instead. The name of Easter in many languages is based on the Hebrew Pesach (Passover): Latin and Greek Pascha gave rise to Spanish Pascua, Italian Pasqua, French Pâques, and Dutch Pasen (among others), and the Hebrew Pesach directly led to Arabic Id ul-Fiṣḥ.[[note]]Lest you forget, about 20% of Arabs are Christian. Also, Arabic makes no differentiation between Passover and Easter; this no doubt led to significant confusion in Arabic-speaking countries back when their Jewish populations were still intact.[[/note]]
''Food!'' Lots of stuff ''can't'' be eaten on Passover, leading to creative copies and workarounds. Potatoes and eggs are always popular, and potato starch is often used instead of flour. Egg noodles instead of normal ones, too. And some really awful candy and chocolate. Another flour substitute is matzah meal, essentially pulverized matzah. Unfortunately, matzah has adverse effects on the digestive system, so many an Ashkenazi Jew will spend at least the end of Pesach somewhat blocked. As noted above, this is one holiday where it's definitely better to be Sephardi; since the Sephardim never engaged in the vast multiplication of stringencies (particularly the ban on things ''resembling'' chametz) that the Ashkenazis do, many of them can go through Passover with their diets largely unchanged (albeit with more rice than might be usual in a week).
'''Sefirat Ha'Omer''' - 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan
The 49 days between Passover and Shavuot are known as ''Sefirat Ha'Omer'' (Counting the Omer). Each night, we count the days and weeks that have passed since the second day of Passover. During this time, when the Temple was standing, a special offering of wheat was given, known as the Omer (hence the name).
This time is also traditionally one of mourning, since in Talmudic times, a plague swept through the students of the great Rabbi Akiva, killing 24,000 of them. For three to four weeks (depending on your custom), we don't listen to music, shave our beards, cut our hair, or have weddings.
'''Lag Ba'Omer''' - 18 Iyar
The 33rd day of the Omer ("Lag" is 33 in Hebrew letters). A very minor holiday, but it's when the students stopped dying, so it's a happy day. The primary custom is to have a big bonfire (in Israel they're really big on this part), though there's something about archery as well (not many people do this).
'''Shavuot''' - 6-7 Sivan (in Israel only 6 Sivan)
One of the big three holidays, the only one to be only one (or two) days long. Shavuot (or Pentecost) takes place 50 days after Passover and commemmorates the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. There are only two well-known customs associated with it. First, men stay up literally the entire night studying Torah. Morning prayers are done before sunrise, and often finish around 7:00 AM. Second, plant decorations are common (flowers, greens etc.) in both homes and synagogues.
Although on an importance level Shavuot is up near the top, for some reason it is one of the most-overlooked festivals for non-Orthodox Jews.
''Food!'' It's customary to eat dairy products throughout the holiday (on either half the meals or all of them). There are a lot of explanations for this; one is that this is because right after the Torah, with its laws on meat and milk, were given, the Jews had to make their pots and pans kosher, so they couldn't eat meat immediately.
'''The Three Weeks''' - 17 Tammuz - 9 Av
The Three Weeks (sometimes known as ''Bein Ham'tzarim'', "between the borders") is a time of mourning in the summer. It marks the time when the Temples were destroyed, and several other historical tragedies occurred then as well.
The first day is the 17th of Tammuz, which is a fast day. The three weeks afterwards are given mourning rituals: so, like in Sefirat Ha'Omer, no shaving, no music, no weddings, no haircuts.
The last nine days are called (oddly enough) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Nine Days]], starting from the first of the month of Av. Additional restrictions are added - no eating meat, no drinking wine, no swimming.
The culmination is in Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av. This is a super-long fast day, beginning the evening before. We sit on the floor (or very low chairs or benches). The Book of Eichah (Lamentations) is communally read at night, and both at night and during the day, there are extended "Kinos" (also lamentations) read in the synagogue. During the day it's common to have speeches or (lately) video presentations emphasizing introspection and repentance.
Six days later, Tu B'Av, is a very minor holiday, with few actual customs associated with it. In Talmudic times it was a sort of day of matchmaking, which has been revived in recent years in modern Israel as an equivalent to Valentine's Day.
If you're wondering what Jews do on non-Jewish holidays, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dukfZs3RGhw this guy]] pretty much sums it up (at least for Jews in predominately Christian areas). Note that even on non-Jewish holidays, food is still involved.
Among the non-Orthodox, there's also parties to be found on Christmas eve in major cities, such as Jew'ltide and Heebonism.


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Navy Chefs Compete in 39th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event
Story Number: NNS140309-06Release Date: 3/9/2014 8:54:00 PM
By Chief Mass Communication Specialist (AW/SW) Shawn D. Graham, Center for Service Support Public Affairs
FORT LEE, Va. (NNS) -- Culinary specialists (CS) and military chefs from around the world have gathered at the Joint Culinary Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Va., to showcase their unique talents and cooking skills at the 39th Annual Military Culinary Arts Competitve Training Event (MCACTE), March 9-14.
The MCACTE is one of largest culinary competition in North America. Since 1973, the competition has been conducted each year with the exception of 1991 and 2003, during Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The competition is sanctioned by the American
Culinary Federation (ACF)and showcases the talents of military chefs from around the globe in all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
According to Chief Culinary Specialist (SW) Chad Shiflet, assigned to Commander Submarine Force, the MCACTE is a chance to show off the culinary skills of those who feed the fleet.
"The entire training aspect of training junior Sailors excites me," said Shiflett. "We want to perform well and learn from guidelines set forth by the ACF."
The ACF is comprised of more than 22,000 members in 230 chapters across the United States, and is known as the authority on cooking in America. Its mission is to make a positive difference for culinarians through education, apprenticeship and certification, while creating a fraternal bond of respect and integrity among chefs everywhere.
"We have really talented chefs throughout the Navy who don't always have a chance to showcase their enormous skillset," said Shiflet. "Training opportunities like the MCACTE allow our junior Sailors to blossom into great chefs. It will also instill pride. That pride translates to high-quality food for Sailors serving aboard ships and shore installations. Many of the culinary specialists participating have trained many months for countless hours prior to the competition. They are really focused and want to represent the Navy well at this competition."
Each chef will rely on their own talent and creativity to produce entries for nine categories and myriad sub-categories.
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Originally Posted by europanorama
travelwide90 with focussing mount?
(non-Super) Angulon /6.8, it can also mount other 90mm lenses.
Schneider Super Angulon 90mm /8
Nikkor SW 90mm /8
Fujinon SW 90mm /8
Caltar 90mm /8
Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm /6.8
Caltar 90mm /6.8
The 90 was designed for the 90mm Angulon in the sense that the weight of the camera balances with the tiny weight of the Angulon. The 90mm Super Angulon, and some of the other lenses are another story, being very heavy compared with the anticipated light body weight. So it depends on how you want to use the Travelwide, hand held or on a tripod and how that balances out. It is possibly no surprise that given the number of orders for the camera the 90mm Angulon (a very good lens anyway) is being snapped up on Ebay at the moment when six months ago they languished un-loved, sad and lonely.


text: Well, it says it in the name of the lens what size it is meant for - it was made to cover at least whole plate (6.5 x 8.5 inches), so it should have a focal length with both elements combined of at least 180-210mm (maybe as long as 240mm, but not likely) and an image circle of at least 270 mm, probably closer to 300mm. The Protars are also convertibles, so individual cells will be longer in length and have different (larger) image circles than both elements combined. As to value, you can do an ebay search on closed listings to try and get a sense of value. There are also several forum members here and over on Large Format Info who can give you a good idea of value, but it would also help to have pictures of it to be sure.


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Not disagreeing with you. I was simply describing a common approach to exposure index determination. The legitimacy of it is another story. Further, even if 0.1 above Fb+f is "correct", depending on how you test for the exposure that produces that density, you can get all sorts of exposure index values. My approach to film speed is somewhat different (as we've discussed before), although it may or may not intersect with 0.1 above Fb+f depending on the case.
I'm not sure I'm following the dichotomy of film speed and exposure. Why wouldn't they be different?


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The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs: Luxury among the mountains awaits guests of The Broadmoor, who can enjoy the natural beauty of Colorado Springs or indulge in everything a five-star historic hotel can offer. (1 Lake Ave., more info)
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Dvorak: Could Apple let OS X run on all PCs?
updated 11:05 am EDT, Tue August 9, 2005
Dvorak on Intel OS X
In his latest opinion piece, columnist John C. Dvorak speculates about a scenario where Apple allows owners of regular PCs to install and run . "A few weeks ago there was some site claiming that Apple was actually going to get a custom x86 chip designed specifically for the Mac OS, to make it impossible for the OS to gravitate toward white boxes [...] There is no question that this would be a boneheaded move, and as I see more and more chitchat about the possibilities, I'm now convinced that this is all a publicity stunt and the Apple community is being used--once again--by the company's marketing department." Dvorak says "this is kind of how Napster went from a few thousand users to a few million users overnight during the crackdown."


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Who we are: A Christian School offering education for PK-10 grades
Address: 2014 S 15th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
Our goal is to help families to educate their children's hearts and minds for God's glory. To achieve this goal we closely work with our student families and the church they attend.
Classes we offer: 5 main (core) subjects: Bible, Math, English, Science and History. In addition, students study Russian, Art, Music, Drama, P.E., Health, Spanish, and Keyboarding.
Staff: We have a healthy mix of bilingual and English-speaking professionals, which helps students to master both Russian and English languages. Since Tacoma Christian Academy works hard on getting children involved in church ministry, we always welcome volunteers, guest speakers, and other respectful leaders to be a part of our school program.
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Novell Cuts Losses Thanks to Linux
In its third quarter reports, Novell has announced reduced losses accompanied by turnover growth from US$ 236m to US$ 243m.
Novell's third quarter closes July 31. The net loss for the quarter has dropped to US$ 3.42m which is 48 percent less than in the same period last year (US$ 6.5 m).
Novell's losses in the second quarter of 2007 were totaled US$ 2.2m. Novell generated US$ 22m of turnover with its open platform products, 21 million of which are attributable to Linux products. Linux-related turnover has thus risen by 77 percent compared to the previous year's figures. In comparison to this, identity and access management products generated US$ 27m, an increase of just two percent. The turnover in the system and resource management division was US$ 35m, and up four percent compared to last year. Turnover in workgroup applications dropped by 2 percent to US$ 83m.
Novell anticipates a net turnover of between US$ 924 and 955 for the fiscal year 2007, compared to US$ 967 m in 2006.
Novell's quarterly support slightly exceeds analysts' expectations. Novell's share price rose after the announcement from US$ 6.65 to US$ 6.75 at close of trading.
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Message to the sommelier: The first two wines we selected were not available. Unlucky or stock management issue??
Centrally located on the Esplanade, this very fine restaurant offers delicious dishes from the Northern part of Italy. Service can be "hit or miss". Recommended.
Beautiful restaurant and decent food. The wine selection could be more innovative and reasonably priced.
Extremely slow and poor service at the outside terrace, had to wait for 20 min for the waiter, another 20 min for the check.
Taste good
Try the fresh summer linguine with avocado, ripe tomatoes and pecorino! Perfect!
Great food. Great staff. Moderate priced menus. Worth to visit!
Good food!!!
The amaretto muffins are soo nom.
Best Northen Italian polenta in the city. And best Northen Italian restaurant.
Northen Italian food. Better than in Northen Italy. Good creamy polenta and good not too dry risotto.
The best seafood pasta I had this year!)))
Definitely best places in Helsinki for dinner and/or pre-party.
risotto kauden sienistä on niiin herkullinen! :)
Amasing food and great atmosphere :)
Good Food for the picnic;)
excellent ......
I liked the wine selection a lot. One of the best in town in fact. Read more
if you stay in the glo hotel, you can buy vouchers with 20% off :-)... so the price doesn't really matter... food is great!
So goog food. It doesen´t matter what it costs..
Очень не очень! За два часа съели черного майонеза, сладковатая водичка с креветками и мясо-жевачка!
Loistavaa asiakaspalvelua, ateriat juuri sopivan kokoisia ja muutenkin hyvä kokemus. Suosittelen! :)
Оооочень вкуууусно!!!! Уютная обстановка, прекрасное обслуживание и ооооочень вкусно!!!)


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Definitions for MEDmɛd
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Princeton's WordNet
Master of Education, MEd(noun)
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medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.
I'm in med school.
Mediterranean: We're going to the Med for four weeks this summer.
Origin: West mēdō, from mizdō, from mizdʰos. Cognate with Old Frisian mede, Old Saxon meda, Old High German miata (German Miete); and with Ancient Greek μισθός, archaic Russian мзда.
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Your passport should be valid for the proposed duration of your stay. You don't need any additional period of validity on your passport beyond this.
US immigration officials will accept British passports extended by 12 months by British Embassies and Consulates under exceptional measures put in place in mid-2014, but you will need to apply for a visa from the nearest US Embassy or Consulate before travelling.
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The VWP allows most British Citizen passport holders to visit the US for up to 90 days. The types of journey permissible under the VWP include tourism, certain types of business visit and transit to another country. If you have a British passport that describes your nationality as something other than 'British Citizen', or if your passport has been extended by 12 months under exceptional measure put in place in mid 2014, you don't qualify for entry to the US under the VWP and you'll need to apply for a visa from the nearest US Embassy or Consulate.
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Our transam trip this year will take us from eugene oregon to La junta colorado where we will catch a train to chicago. It is about 2000 miles total, and we have 60 days to do it, leaving Eugene June 1st. I figure we will average about 50 miles/day (maybe more), so that leaves about 20+ days off the bike. Since another of my passions is hiking I figure I will do a fair amount of it on these off days. One idea is to do a side trip to rocky mountain national park if time permits (will judge when arriving in CO).
Does RMNP have hike/bike sites, or will I need to reserve a spot? Which campground would you recommend? I am leaning towards either staying at Timber Creek and just doing day trips from there, or just going all the way to Aspenglen Campground. Coming off the transam in Kremmling, I see it is about 83 miles to Aspenglen. That is a bit much for one day including all of the climbing, so I guess I would have to stay in Timber Creek one night before continuing to Aspenglen. Therefore, that is 4 days of traveling off route, with an extra day or two in the park for day hikes, for 6-7 days total off route. Does this seem reasonable? Can someone that has done this side trip give some suggestions/advise?
Any other suggestions for transam side trips or areas with killer hiking along the route (besides the obvious yellowstone/tetons?


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New London — The spokesman for Looking Out for Taxpayers delivered petitions to City Hall Thursday morning with more than 850 signatures calling for a second referendum on the budget.
William Cornish walked into the City Clerk's office, where Assistant City Clerk Dawn Currier time-stamped the documents. At least 483 signatures, or 10 percent of the those who voted in the last municipal election, were needed for the petition to be valid.
Some residents are upset at the $41.3 million 2012-13 budget, which represents a 5.1 percent tax increase. But some are also protesting the administration's attempt to quash a second referendum.
Avner Gregory, who joined Cornish in delivering the petition, said residents were "very earnest and ready to sign" the petition.
"There are citizens that do have a backbone, and this is the proof," he said. He said citizens as a form of protest could choose not to pay their taxes if the city continues to not listen.
Cornish said the LOT group wants the city to reduce the budget and lower the tax rate. The city can use an $800,000 reserve for uncollected taxes to lower the budget, he said.
"Our contention is, collect the taxes," he said. "You don't need a reserve fund if you collect the taxes."
Cornish also said he wanted to ensure the rights of citizens are respected.
"We are free to petition our government," he said.
Last month, voters defeated a $42.3 million budget, which represented a 7.5 percent tax increase. The council approved a new budget after cutting about $1 million.
Before anyone had organized for a new petition, Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio announced that a second referendum would be illegal. He originally told City Clerk Nathan Caron not to accept petitions but later amended his directive to say that while petitions can be accepted, the clerk's office should not spend any resources to certify the signatures.
Finizio said the city cannot have a second budget referendum because it has expended more than 25 percent of its yearly budgetary allocation.
Any further direction on action or inaction resulting from the petitions will come from City Law Director Jeffrey Londregan, Currier said Thursday.
Council President Michael Passero has said voters have the right to petition. Under the city charter, once the council receives a petition from the clerk with the required number of certified signatures, it has the option of lowering the budget or bringing it to a citywide vote. The clerk has an obligation to review and validate any petitions, he said, citing a 2007 lawsuit filed against the city.
The next City Council meeting is Nov. 5.
The Committee of Petitioners for the petition included Gregory, Susan Plunkett, Dwight Gross, Andrew R. Lockwood Sr. and Barbara Hample.
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How to Find Your Ideal Weight
Using five to 10-pound weights as handles, hold your body up in a pushup position, with your legs wider than hip width for more stability. Lift your right arm, holding the weight up, and open your body all the way to the right making a "T" shape with your body. Return to your starting position and do the same on left side. That's one rep. Do 10 to 20 reps.
Lay down on your back, pressing your spine down with your abs pulled in tightly. Grasp a five to 10 pound weight in each hand. Extend your arms straight up turning your palms to face inward, keeping your elbows tight against your the body. Inhale, and lower the weights down to one inch above your chest. Then exhale and press up. Repeat this 20 to 40 times.
Lay down on your back, holding the weights right above your forehead with your palms facing up. Then, draw a mirrored letter "C" in the air, heading towards your hips and keeping your arms low. Keep your palms up and trace your arms back to the starting position. Repeat this 10 to 20 times.
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i like this shop, One of a Few. i like their name too. but i especially like their wares.
i like this shop, One of a Few. i like their name too. but i especially like their wares.
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Ooh, yes, very nice! The brown leather bags are especially pretty, but I also like the outfits shown. Pretty much my style.
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I like them!
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Love the shoes :)
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Can not enlarge these beautiful pictures anymore on my ipad, since you changed the appearance of your amazing blog… Lol. :-)
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sorry that's the responsive setting! have you tried landscape mode? i'm not clever enough with tech, clearly.
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Hi all,
Just yesterday, I noticed that the last two rolls of Tri-X I shot had slightly different labelling.
Both rolls developed just fine, I was just curious as to whether there was any difference in the film inside.
Just to muddy the water a bit: When developing, before I shove the usual things into the changing bag, I cut the tongue off the film leader. I always use the same sissors. Always. The darkroom is always within a few degrees either side of 68. Yet sometimes the cutting action feels different when the scissors cut through the tongue. It even sounds a bit different; a bit, I don't know, crisper. Like there has been a change in the plastic of the base. I have three distinct batch purchases of Tri-X in the freezer but I don't use it in any particular order; I just grab a handful and drop it in the Domke, so that might explain my hearing this difference randomly. But I'm not imagining it.
I photograph things to see what things look like photographed.
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