Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
Monday, April 2nd, 2007
* a sweet Passover
The 8-day Jewish Biblical Festival of Pesach (PEH-sahkh, PAY-sahkh) begins on the 15th day of the month of Nissan (that's the Babylonian 'Nissan', not the Japanese 'Nissan'), which this year will be at sunset today on the civil calendar.
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Thursday, March 1st, 2007
Combining elements of Halloween and St. Patrick's Day, intertwined with the celebration of the story of an all powerful Persian King, a beautiful Jewish Queen, a loyal "uncle", and a dastardly villain who gets foiled by his own evil plans and we have ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Whatever you want to call it, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday.
See ya April 8th.
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
. . . and to some a Happy Holiday
. . . and to some a Happy Chanukah
. . . and to some a Fine Winter Solstice Festival
I hope that you all find yourselves surrounded by loved ones and find the peace and joy of the season.
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
* KHAHG sah-MEHY-ahkh = A Joyous Holiday
** KHAH-nik-uh, KHAH-noo-kah = Rededication
This year, the 8-day rabbinic Jewish Festival of Chanukah ends two days before Christmas, at sundown on Saturday, December 23. But, despite this coincidence and the misperception that Chanukah is a Jew's Christmas, it isn't.
For what Chanukah is:
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
According to a well known Jewish commentator, Dennis Prager: "No."
But, among the most reasoned of responses, Eugene Volokh covers the “how un-American†angle, beating Prager’s comments to a Constitutional pulp.
For those who may not be familiar with the term Tanakh, this is an acrostic of Torah (The Law), Nevi'im (The ...
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
Tomorrow is the 223rd Anniversary of Evacuation Day.
Now almost forgotten, Evacuation Day was celebrated as a holiday long before the Fourth of July:
On November 25, 1783, the British Army boarded their naval vessels and evacuated New York City (then only coterminous with New York County), their wartime headquarters and their ...
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Thanksgiving is the most unique day on the American calendar: it's the only day set aside as a day of thanking G-d, that is celebrated, each in their own manner, by the 3 Abrahamic religions.
The American pilgrims, who originated the Thanksgiving holiday, were deeply religious people. When they were ...
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
To me, one of the most odious arguments you hear from the pro-death crowd (euthanasia and abortion) is the "quality of life" argument. This comes from folks who would argue to abort Downs syndrome babies, or other handicapped children because of their quality of life.
To argue that such a ...
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
I think that this woman has made an amazing commitment and sacrifice.
I look for everyone to be making fun of her in the days ahead.
[UPDATE]: Prodded by the comments and email, I guess this can be taken two ways. To clarify, I do think that this woman has made a ...
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Monday, October 2nd, 2006
Here is the original version of the Nike commercial we talked about earlier.
I can't find the new one yet, but I'm sure it'll turn up.
Heck, turn on ESPN right now, and I'll bet you'll see it 25 times in the next 20 minutes.
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Have you seen the Nike commercial that features coaches, players and other personalities as if they were in high school?
Personally, I think it's a rather clever campaign, and it was amusing to figure out who all was featured in the ad.
One thing I've noticed, though.
In the first version of the ...
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Friday, September 22nd, 2006
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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
A while back, we talked about multiple appearances of the double helix
Today, we find yet another great example of micro to macro.
Makes you wonder, huh?
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Thursday, August 10th, 2006
Montana is set to execute convicted murderer David Dawson tonight (well, tomorrow morning, technically). He was convicted in 1987 for the murder of David and Monica Rodstein and their son A.J. Their daughter Amy survived, and you can read her testimony here (PDF). She was 15 at ...
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