NoCoPilot
Posts : 20168 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 69 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Hanukkah & Thanksgiving Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:22 pm | |
| Tomorrow is the first time these two have coincided since 1918.
It won't happen again until 2070. |
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_Howard Admin
Posts : 8734 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 79 Location : California
| Subject: Re: Hanukkah & Thanksgiving Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:53 pm | |
| The dates may vary depending on how you calculate the events and whether or not you include Thanksgiving Eve. Some calculations indicate that it won't happen again for another 79,043 years. Some indicate that after 2165, it will never happen again.
The insignificance of the difference in the predicted dates correlates directly with how much you give a shit. |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20168 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 69 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: Hanukkah & Thanksgiving Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:56 pm | |
| Which, in my case, is about THIS much |--| |
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richard09
Posts : 4227 Join date : 2013-01-16
| Subject: Re: Hanukkah & Thanksgiving Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:51 am | |
| I am reminded of someone's comment about kosher and halal food, which are indistinguishable - unless you are jewish or muslim, in which case they are completely different. |
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NoCoPilot
Posts : 20168 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 69 Location : Seattle
| Subject: Re: Hanukkah & Thanksgiving Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:00 am | |
| Kosher: - Quote :
- Among the numerous laws that form part of kashrut are the prohibitions on the consumption of unclean animals (such as pork, shellfish (both Mollusca and Crustacea) and most insects, with the exception of certain species of kosher locusts), mixtures of meat and milk, and the commandment to slaughter mammals and birds according to a process known as shechita. There are also laws regarding agricultural produce that might impact on the suitability of food for consumption.
Most of the basic laws of kashrut are derived from the Torah's Books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Their details and practical application, however, are set down in the oral law (eventually codified in the Mishnah and Talmud) and elaborated on in the later rabbinical literature. While the Torah does not state the rationale for most kashrut laws, many reasons have been suggested, including philosophical, practical and hygienic. Halal: - Quote :
- Halal foods are foods that Muslims are allowed to eat or drink under Islamic Shariʻah. The criteria specify both what foods are allowed, and how the food must be prepared. The foods addressed are mostly types of meat and animal tissue.
The most common example of non-halal (or haraam) food is pork. While pork is the only meat that cannot be eaten by Muslims at all (due to perceived hygienic concerns), foods other than pork can also be haraam. The criteria for non-pork items include its source, the cause of the animal's death, and how it was processed.
The food must come from a supplier that uses halal practices. Specifically, the slaughter must be performed by a Muslim, who must precede the slaughter by invoking the name of Allah, most commonly by saying "Bismillah" ("In the name of Allah") and then three times "Allahu akbar" (God is the greatest). Then, the animal must be slaughtered with a sharp knife by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck (while the animal is conscious), causing the animal’s death without cutting the spinal cord. Lastly, the blood from the veins must be drained.
Muslims must also ensure that all foods (particularly processed foods), as well as non-food items like cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, are halal. Frequently, these products contain animal by-products or other ingredients that are not permissible for Muslims to eat or use on their bodies. |
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