Happy Pesach To You All!!

[+ Gar1eth]

On 4/12/2025 at 9:23 AM, pubic_assistance said:

Actually it's more likely the other way around. Oestre is an ancient Pagan holiday and the "Easter " egg hunt was typical to Germanic regions of Europe for hundreds of years. "Hiding the Afikoman" is specific only to Ashkenazi (German) Jews...and is a much newer tradition than the Oestre Egg hunt. So the custom was likely taken from their native German neighbors.

Same for Hannukah. Traditional Germanic families (such as my own) celebrate for 12 days and children would get a small gift on each of the days as you would go around and visit family or host an evening meal for friends or family. (Typically we would invite our Jewish neighbors for the Feast of the Innocents).

Likewise... Channukah celebrations never included gifts until Jewish merchants brought the idea forward in America around the 1890s.   I don't know why Christmas got boiled down to one day of an orgy of gifts for a lot of Americans. My family still observes 12 days and 12 gifts.

A year or two ago I realized my birthday was on Orthodox Christmas. So all these years I've been a Christmas Baby and never knew it. 

[ShortCutie7]

7 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

YIKES!!! Ours never took long. I feel for you. Were there any children present? If there were I can't even imagine.  And if there were, luckily it was on a Saturday night with no school today. 

Yes, two very young children!  They went to bed after the four questions, which in keeping with the theme of the night they sang hilariously slowly 😂.  

[samhexum]

10 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I feel for you.

Chaka is contacting a copyright attorney as I type this.

[+ Gar1eth]

5 minutes ago, samhexum said:

Chaka is contacting a copyright attorney as I type this.

I have no idea what this means. 

[samhexum]

18 minutes ago, Gar1eth said:

I have no idea what this means. 

What kind of homosexual ARE you?!?!?

 

 

[+ Gar1eth]

15 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

. I feel for you.

 

15 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

 

 

4 hours ago, samhexum said:

Chaka is contacting a copyright attorney as I type this.

 

4 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I have no idea what this means. 

 

4 hours ago, samhexum said:

What kind of homosexual ARE you?!?!?

 

 

 

Ok I don't have to give up my gay card quite yet. She was the only Chaka  I could think of, but in my decrepitude I had forgotten this  was her song. And didn't see how she applied to what I wrote.