Give a date, month, season...etc. and how it is celebrated by Jews and Messianic Jews alike?
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The 15th of Nisan, like it has always been celebrated.\n\nIt runs for 8 days (7 in Israel).\n\nSince the Jewish calendar is a soli-lunar calendar (i.e. it goes by the moon but takes into account the seasons which are dictated by a solar year) thus it has the APPEARANCE of changing dates every year but that is only when you compare it to another calendar, such as the Gregorian (i.e. the calendar that everyone uses).
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yep. Im jewish, and thats how it was spelled on my  bat mitzvah cards!!! Oh, Mazel Tov on the bat mitzvah even if its not yours. cheers!!!!!
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Bible students are encouraged to consider:\n\n: 0% of faithful biblical Jews celebrated birthdays\n: 0% of first century Christians celebrated birthdays\n: 100% of birthdays celebrated in the bible were by debauched enemies of God (See Mark 6:17-29; Gen 40:19-22) \n\nBible historians (M'Clintock, Strong, and others) have noted that faithful Jews of the bible did not celebrate birthdays, and that ancient pagan birthday celebrations were at least partially intended to honor the patron gods of the particular day.\n\nBy comparison with such paganisms, the bible does not even tell us the birthdates of Jesus or ANY of his apostles!\n\n\nJehovah's Witnesses practice strict political and nationalistic neutrality, so they do not celebrate nationalistic holidays such as Independence Day and Memorial Day.\n\nOther holidays derive from false religion, and so are incompatible with pure worship as adulterating interfaith. For example, Easter derives from the pagan god Oestre and celebrates "rebirth" and "fertility" instead of commemorating Christ's Last Supper and death as Jesus commanded:\n(Luke 22:1-22) [Jesus] dispatched Peter and John, saying: “Go and get the passover ready for us to eat.” ...14 At length when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them: “I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it becomes fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” ... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”\n\nSeemingly innocuous holidays may have only a tangential connection with false worship, such as Mother's Day and Father's Day (although arguably derived from ancestor worship). Understated observance of these is not generally considered interfaith by Jehovah's Witnesses, but it is too easily misunderstood in some cultures.\n\nSince such celebrations are not required in true worship, and can easily become a distraction, so Jehovah's Witnesses focus their attention elsewhere. In particular, they are focussed on the preaching work which *IS* a requirement for Christians:\n\n(Luke 10:1-17) [Jesus] the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/w/2000/12/15/article_01.htm
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Christmas is fixed because the Catholic church fixed it.  and it is totally the wrong time of the year, but they did it anyway.  \nEaster should be linked to the Jewish passover, as Jesus was the ultimate passover lamb.  This should be fixed by the Jewish calender, which we don't use.  A Rabbi should know.\nChristmas is definitely a pagan holiday, but the passover is a feast initiated by God in the Old Testament.  We really have communion and can do it anytime.
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1) Welcoming Shabbat\n\n2) A Naming\n\n3) Siddur
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOOOOOOUUUUU!!!\n\nhave a holly jolly christmas\nits the best time of the year!\n\nfor those of you that dont celebrate christmas\n\noh hanukkah oh hanukkah the sweet celebration!\n\nfor those that dont celebrate hanukkah or christmas\n\nWhat's new, what's happening? Kwanzaa is here!\n\nfor those of you that dont celebrate any of those holidays \n\nHappy (holiday that you celebrate)!!!\n\nfor those of you that dont celebrate anything i hope you have fun walking in a winter wonderland <33
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http://www.israeliscent.com/asp/holidays.asp?i=1&id=60602\n\nhttp://www.bitsela.com/gallery/\n\nhttp://www.jafi.org.il/education/child/israel/chagim/tishrey/page.asp?section=links
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Below is a good link to a lot of Jewish Calendars. It has a wide selection, some downloadable.\n\nhttp://www.nmmc.net/Guide/HebrewCalendars.html
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I've asked this question before, actually. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AutS5JZA1SeAz4Wwe_TTd9rsy6IX?qid=1006053111285\nSeems to be a jewish tradition.
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Ok, here it goes:\n\n1.reading the book of esther-You have to read this book twise. Before and after the reading you say the "prayers" (I dunno how it is called in English).\n\n2."Mishloah Manot"- This is a package which has at least two types of food in it. People exchange them, in order to make happy even those who don't have smth to be happy about.\n\n3.Presents to the poor- On this holiday u help the poor, so they will be happy to.\n\n4.Gathering and happiness- The purim meal is one of the traditions.If I'm not mistaking, it should be done every day during the holiday.\n\n5.Reading the Tora- There is a prayor, and  also u can't be sad in the last two days of purim (14/3-15/3).\n\nNow theese are the purim traditions.\nI'll add that people celebrate Purim cuz the Jews were saved from extinction by Haman.U said u've read the book of Esther, so I won't tell u about it. I guess that's all the Info i can give ya', and I hope I've helped ya'! \n\n-Liza
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October 31 -- November Eve -- Samhain\n\nThe night lengthens and we work with the positive aspects of darkness in the increasing star- and moonlight. Many Craft traditions, following the ancient Celts, consider this the eve of the New Year (as day begins with sundown, so the year begins with the first day of Winter). It is one night when the barriers between the worlds of life and death are uncertain, allowing the ancestors to walk among the living, welcomed and feasted by their kin, bestowing the Otherworld's blessings. We may focus within ourselves to look "through the glass darkly", developing our divination and psychic skills. Click here to know more about Samhain.\n\nDecember 21 -- Winter Solstice -- Yule\n\nThe sun is at its nadir, the year's longest night. We internalize and synthesize the outward-directed activities of the previous summer months. Some covens hold a Festival of Light to commemorate the Goddess as Mother giving birth to the Sun God. Others celebrate the victory of the Lord of Light over the Lord of Darkness as the turning point from which the days will lengthen. The name "Yule" derives from the Norse word for "wheel", and many of our customs (like those of the Christian holiday) derive from Norse and Celtic Pagan practices (the Yule log, the tree, the custom of Wassailing, et al). \n\nJanuary 31 -- February Eve -- Imbolc (Oimelc) or Brigid\n\nAs the days' lengthening becomes perceptible, many candles are lit to hasten the warming of the earth and emphasize the reviving of life. "Imbolc" is from Old Irish, and may mean "in the belly", and Oimelc, "ewe's milk", as this is the lambing time. It is the holiday of the Celtic Fire Goddess Brigid, whose threefold nature rules smithcraft, poetry/inspiration, and healing. Brigid's fire is a symbolic transformation offering healing, visions, and tempering. Februum is a Latin word meaning purification -- naming the month of cleansing. The thaw releases waters (Brigid is also a goddess of holy wells) -- all that was hindered is let flow at this season. \n\nMarch 21 -- Vernal Equinox -- Ostara\n\nDay and night are equal as Spring begins to enliven the environment with new growth and more newborn animals. Many people feel "reborn" after the long nights and coldness of winter. The Germanic Goddess Ostara or Eostre (Goddess of the Dawn), after whom Easter is named, is the tutelary deity of this holiday. It is she, as herald of the sun, who announces the triumphal return of life to the earth. Witches in the Greek tradition celebrate the return from Hades of Demeter's daughter Persephone; Witches in the Celtic tradition see in the blossoms the passing of Olwen, in whose footprints flowers bloom. The enigmatic egg, laid by the regenerating snake or the heavenly bird, is a powerful symbol of the emergence of life out of apparent death or absence of life. \n\nApril 30 -- May Eve -- Beltaine\n\nAs the weather heats up and the plant world burgeons, an exuberant mood prevails. Folk dance around the Maypole, emblem of fertility (the name "May" comes from a Norse word meaning "to shoot out new growth"). May 1st was the midpoint of a five-day Roman festival to Flora, Goddess of Flowers. The name "Beltaine" means "Bel's Fires"; in Celtic lands, cattle were driven between bonfires to bless them, and people leaped the fires for luck. The association in Germany of May Eve with Witches' gatherings is a memory of pre-Christian tradition. "Wild" water (dew, flowing streams or ocean water) is collected as a basis for healing drinks and potions for the year to come. \n\nJune 21 -- Summer Solstice -- Litha or Midsummer\n\nOn this day, the noon of the year and the longest day, light and life are abundant. We focus outward, experiencing the joys of plenty, tasting the first fruits of the season. In some traditions the sacred marriage of the God
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Jews-for-Jesus is a Christian group in Jewish clothing. To learn about the holiday of Passover try some of these good and authentic Jewish resources:\n\nhttp://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default.asp\nhttp://www.aish.com/passthought/passthoughtdefault/Matzah_The_Taste_of_Freedom.asp
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Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev, which is the ninth month of the Jewish year. Since the Jewish calendar is lunar, it does not correspond with the western calendar and falls on a different solar day each year. \nThere are resources to see how the dates correspond.
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Issachar is one of the sons of Jacob not a month in the Jewish calendar. But you can check out http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm for a listing of the Jewish calendar and it's Roman calendar equivilent.
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Heron by the Sea, I still stick to my answer below, but I appreciate your information.\n\nSchneb, I appreciate your kind words,   Bill\n\nTime of his death. \n\nThe death of Jesus Christ took place in the spring, on the Passover Day, Nisan (or Abib) 14, according to the Jewish calendar. (Mt 26:2; Joh 13:1-3; Ex 12:1-6; 13:4) That year the Passover occurred on the sixth day of the week (counted by the Jews as from sundown on Thursday to sundown on Friday). This is evident from John 19:31, which shows that the following day was “a great” sabbath. The day after Passover was always a sabbath, no matter on what day of the week it came. (Le 23:5-7) But when this special Sabbath coincided with the regular Sabbath (the seventh day of the week), it became “a great one.” So Jesus’ death took place on Friday, Nisan 14, by about 3:00 p.m.—Lu 23:44-46.
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It was a made up holiday to compete with Christmas and Chanukah
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In the fourth century, Hillel II established a fixed calendar based on mathematical and astronomical calculations. This calendar, still in use, standardized the length of months and the addition of months over the course of a 19 year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar years. Adar I is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years of the cycle. The current cycle began in Jewish year 5758 (the year that began October 2, 1997). If you are musically inclined, you may find it helpful to remember this pattern of leap years by reference to the major scale: for each whole step there are two regular years and a leap year; for each half-step there is one regular year and a leap year. This is easier to understand when you examine the keyboard illustration below and see how it relates to the leap years above. \n\n \n\nIn addition, Yom Kippur should not fall adjacent to Shabbat, because this would cause difficulties in coordinating the fast with Shabbat, and Hoshanah Rabba should not fall on Saturday because it would interfere with the holiday's observances. A day is added to the month of Cheshvan or subtracted from the month of Kislev of the previous year to prevent these things from happening. This process is sometimes referred to as "fixing" Rosh Hashanah. \n\nNumbering of Jewish Years \nThe year number on the Jewish calendar represents the number of years since creation, calculated by adding up the ages of people in the Bible back to the time of creation. However, this does not necessarily mean that the universe has existed for only 5700 years as we understand years. Many Orthodox Jews will readily acknowledge that the first six "days" of creation are not necessarily 24-hour days (indeed, a 24-hour day would be meaningless until the creation of the sun on the fourth "day"). For a fascinating (albeit somewhat defensive) article by a nuclear physicist showing how Einstein's Theory of Relativity sheds light on the correspondence between the Torah's age of the universe and the age ascertained by science, see The Age of the Universe. \n\nJews do not generally use the words "A.D." and "B.C." to refer to the years on the Gregorian calendar. "A.D." means "the year of our L-rd," and we do not believe Jesus is the L-rd. Instead, we use the abbreviations C.E. (Common or Christian Era) and B.C.E. (Before the Common Era), which are commonly used by scholars today. \n\nMonths of the Jewish Year \nThe "first month" of the Jewish calendar is the month of Nissan, in the spring, when Passover occurs. However, the Jewish New Year is in Tishri, the seventh month, and that is when the year number is increased. This concept of different starting points for a year is not as strange as it might seem at first glance. The American "new year" starts in January, but the new "school year" starts in September, and many businesses have "fiscal years" that start at various times of the year. Similarly, the Jewish calendar has different starting points for different purposes. \n\nThe names of the months of the Jewish calendar were adopted during the time of Ezra, after the return from the Babylonian exile. The names are actually Babylonian month names, brought back to Israel by the returning exiles. Note that most of the Bible refers to months by number, not by name. \n\nThe Jewish calendar has the following months:\nHebrew English Number Length Gregorian Equivalent \n  Nissan 1 30 days March-April \n  Iyar 2 29 days April-May \n  Sivan 3 30 days May-June \n  Tammuz 4 29 days June-July \n  Av 5 30 days July-August \n  Elul 6 29 days August-September \n  Tishri 7 30 days September-October \n  Cheshvan 8 29 or 30 days October-November \n  Kislev 9 30 or 29 days November-December \n  Tevet 10 29 days December-January \n  Shevat 11 30 days January-February \n  Adar I (leap years only) 12 30 days February-March \n  A