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I don't get how they would know to have a festival with no witnesses in the first place
They had an approximation of how long it is supposed to take for the new moon to get to Jerusalem?
I wonder if they actually bothered to make astronomical observations to gauge that
And the witness was just supposed to confirm it
I'm talking about the new moon arriving to Jerusalem relative to their location
why dairy?
Most of these explanations seem super contrived to me
It was probably just a figure of authority who really liked dairy asked his rabbis to come up with a theological reason
Same for the partying for two days
ashkenazi is basically european jew
Not including Spain
nah
I don't think the differences are that big and they weren't in a position to have fights geographically and militarily
Even extreme orthodox Jews seem to be mostly militant about their personal space, not about other people breaking their version of Jewish law
So they would get very annoyed if you went to their neighbourhoods with a pork on yom kippur and probably attack you but I don't think they would care if you do it in your secular neighbourhood that much
You don't get a lot of Jewish religious terrorism unless it's about gay people parading in Jerusalem
Which I almost get in a way
I'm very annoyed with any parade next to my home and I can imagine that if it was a parade that is against everything I believe that is doing it in my city in a very provocative way just to spite me I would be very very angry
I wouldn't use violence but I can see the religious nutjobs' perspective
I don't condone violence but when a teasing bully gets punched for being an asshole I don't see it as a big issue compared to a person who wasn't looking for trouble
Much in the same way that when you go and riot at an enemy nation's border and then get shot you kind of had it coming
Isn't Shavuot a 3 days holiday?
I think people get back to work tomorrow
That's the only thing I know about it
Yesterday it was the eve
today is the holiday
tomorrow back to routine
Yeah because it was over the weekend
But usually it's 3 days
I didn't even notice there was a holiday I thought I needed to go to work today
not according to Wikipedia
Aren't you in the army?
Yeah
So you also work while being a soldier?
No no I meant the army
ok
It's a holiday for what?
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