May 18, 2010, - 6:55 pm
Observing Shavuot/Pentecost, the Jewish Festival of Weeks
To my friends and readers, tonight at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot [“Shah-Voo-Oat”] (also called, Shavuos–in Yiddish), or the “Festival of Weeks,” begins. It is also referred to as “Pentecost,” not to be confused with the Christian “Pentecost.” It is one of the three Jewish harvest festivals.
However, I’ve prepared some very current newsworthy stuff in advance, which will be posted in my absence. (The holiday ends at nightfall, Thursday Night.) So, while I won’t be here in actuality, I’ll be here in spirit and print, and, as usual, you will see new things here (even in my absence) that you won’t read elsewhere.
To my Jewish friends and readers, Chag Shavuot Sameach [a Happy Shavuot Holiday]. To everyone else, the holiday is basically, a celebration of G-d giving the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Jewish people. On the holiday, men traditionally stay up all night, the first night, in Bible (Torah) study, and we eat dairy foods. Women can stay up all night, too, and some liberal Jewish women do. But since we’re not obligated and I’m not a feminist, I take (and enjoy) my non-obligations very seriously. It pays not to be a feminist.
To learn more about the holiday, go here and here.
Stay tuned and keep yourselves posted. Again, you won’t notice I’m gone, as tomorrow, new, unique stuff will be up right here on this site.
Tags: Jewish Festival of Weeks, Jewish Holidays, Pentecost, Shavuos, Shavuot
this is a christian country, get out jew
fuck you on May 18, 2010 at 7:18 pm