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Title: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Dr. Dan on November 22, 2007, 03:19:27 PM
I only included the most well known ones... 8)
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: mord on November 22, 2007, 03:20:23 PM
I only included the most well known ones... 8)
I'm the one who voted
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Post by: Dexter on November 22, 2007, 03:46:34 PM
Chanukah!
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Post by: Eliezer Ben Avraham on November 22, 2007, 03:47:18 PM
gotta love shavuot, cmon how often r u told to stay up all night?
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Dexter on November 22, 2007, 03:48:38 PM
I removed the Christian holidays you placed because the question was about Jewish holidays and added more Jewish holidays to the list.

Yom HaAtzmaut is a religious holiday? Are you sure?

Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: OdKahaneChai on November 22, 2007, 03:50:38 PM
Simchat Torah! (not listed)  Both because I love Hakafot, and because it's my Yom Huledet.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Mishmaat on November 22, 2007, 04:29:57 PM
The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). I was originally going to vote for Chanukah, but it has been so commercialized in America.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Ulli on November 22, 2007, 04:55:17 PM
I am no Jew, but I like Pesach.
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Post by: Tzvi Ben Roshel1 on November 22, 2007, 07:35:33 PM
Yom Kippur, but I kinda like every holiday.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Tzvi Ben Roshel1 on November 22, 2007, 07:37:28 PM
gotta love shavuot, cmon how often r u told to stay up all night?

Also on Shemini Atzerit (I belive) - the last day of Succot.
 For Americans the night after Thanksgiving (tonight).
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Post by: דוד בן זאב אריה on November 22, 2007, 07:55:59 PM
Tubeshvat love the fruit and it is a very holy day
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Post by: takebackourtemple on November 22, 2007, 10:01:47 PM
Taisha B'Av, because it is the day our temple will be liberated. We want Moshiach now.
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Post by: nopeaceforland on November 22, 2007, 10:03:09 PM
Yom Kippor, because I never have any sins to atone for! ;D
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Daniel on November 22, 2007, 10:24:34 PM
I like Chanukah. I enjoy the holiday spirit, the lighting of the candles, the latkes, and most of all, the parties with friends and families. But I must point out, you committed a common mistake by omitting Shabbos among the list of Jewish holidays :)
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Post by: Tzvi Ben Roshel1 on November 22, 2007, 10:28:08 PM
I like Chanukah. I enjoy the holiday spirit, the lighting of the candles, the latkes, and most of all, the parties with friends and families. But I must point out, you committed a common mistake by omitting Shabbos among the list of Jewish holidays :)

Great point. Shabb-t is actually more important than Yom Kippur.
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Post by: judeanoncapta on November 22, 2007, 10:33:18 PM
I removed the Christian holidays you placed because the question was about Jewish holidays and added more Jewish holidays to the list.

Yom HaAtzmaut is a religious holiday? Are you sure?


Yes. It is a day to thank G-d for The State. It includes Hallel and in Israel Torah reading as well.



It is NOT a day to thank God for the state.

It is a day to thank God for saving us from The Arabs who tried to annihilate us.

The State is irrelevant to the Hag.
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Post by: judeanoncapta on November 22, 2007, 10:35:42 PM
I, of course voted for Sukkoth.

It is by far the funnest of all the Hagim.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Dr. Dan on November 22, 2007, 10:45:22 PM
Taisha B'Av, because it is the day our temple will be liberated. We want Moshiach now.

Oh come on!  Pesach man! That's when Gd shows Himself to the first Israelite nation..the first time we got liberated!

T'sha B'Av Temple coming again...what kind of holiday is that? We're supposed to be sad that day and hope for the future for modern times..doesn't count in my book.  ::)
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: OdKahaneChai on November 22, 2007, 11:05:20 PM
I like Chanukah. I enjoy the holiday spirit, the lighting of the candles, the latkes, and most of all, the parties with friends and families. But I must point out, you committed a common mistake by omitting Shabbos among the list of Jewish holidays :)
Great point. Shabbat is actually more important than Yom Kippur.
Not really...

Yom Kippur is the Shabbat of all the Shabbatot.
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Post by: Tzvi Ben Roshel1 on November 22, 2007, 11:38:19 PM
I like Chanukah. I enjoy the holiday spirit, the lighting of the candles, the latkes, and most of all, the parties with friends and families. But I must point out, you committed a common mistake by omitting Shabbos among the list of Jewish holidays :)
Great point. Shabbat is actually more important than Yom Kippur.
Not really...

Yom Kippur is the Shabbat of all the Shabbatot.

dont understand what that means. But I did hear that Shabbat is more important. (maybe I will find it for you later).
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: OdKahaneChai on November 23, 2007, 12:15:26 AM
I like Chanukah. I enjoy the holiday spirit, the lighting of the candles, the latkes, and most of all, the parties with friends and families. But I must point out, you committed a common mistake by omitting Shabbos among the list of Jewish holidays :)
Great point. Shabbat is actually more important than Yom Kippur.
Not really...

Yom Kippur is the Shabbat of all the Shabbatot.

dont understand what that means. But I did hear that Shabbat is more important. (maybe I will find it for you later).
Yom Kippur itself is a Shabbat, and it's the most important of all of them.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Dr. Dan on November 23, 2007, 12:25:31 AM
That's not cool whomever chagned my poll! NOT COOL AT ALL!!!  This is MY poll..not any of you moderators...
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Dr. Dan on November 23, 2007, 12:26:43 AM
what's not permitted? Making serious intense people laugh every once in awhile!? That's not cool yaacov...very messed up of you.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: Dr. Dan on November 23, 2007, 01:06:24 AM
I added real Jewish holidays and then you removed them to put up Christian holidays. You should make a separate poll to ask Christians what their favorite holiday is.



dude...i want tos ee wchihc jews here actually celebrate christmas and easter and think if they are jewish holidays..that's mywhole point.
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Post by: JTFFan on November 23, 2007, 01:11:36 AM
Pesach. Although, I'm not jewish but my friend is.
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Post by: newman on November 23, 2007, 01:16:59 AM
Chanukah is the most relevant lesson for our times.

 It's about how righteous nations must destroy the self-haters, traitors, turncoats and evil doers in their own midst BEFORE they destroy an external enemy.
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: OdKahaneChai on November 23, 2007, 11:43:16 AM
Chanukah is the most relevant lesson for our times.

 It's about how righteous nations must destroy the self-haters, traitors, turncoats and evil doers in their own midst BEFORE they destroy an external enemy.
And NOT about "presents," or any other goyishe meshugas!
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: genteelgentile on November 23, 2007, 02:33:04 PM
  My favorite Jewish holiday is Barbra Streisand's birthday... :)
It also could be one of the ones that include food, and how you're gonna give me some...
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: nopeaceforland on November 23, 2007, 02:42:01 PM
  My favorite Jewish holiday is Barbra Streisand's birthday... :)
It also could be one of the ones that include food, and how you're gonna give me some...

On April 24th each year, you want Barbra Streisand to give you some.....? Some what? The woman's 65 and 5 months shy of 66. Unless you're a liberal Christian, at this moment she's not interested. ;D
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: newman on November 23, 2007, 02:43:55 PM
  My favorite Jewish holiday is Barbra Streisand's birthday... :)
It also could be one of the ones that include food, and how you're gonna give me some...

On April 24th each year, you want Barbra Streisand to give you some.....? Some what? The woman's 65 and 5 months shy of 66. Unless you're a liberal Christian, at this moment she's not interested. ;D

If that woman has one more facelift she'll have a beard.
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Post by: genteelgentile on November 23, 2007, 02:51:45 PM
  My favorite Jewish holiday is Barbra Streisand's birthday... :)
It also could be one of the ones that include food, and how you're gonna give me some...

On April 24th each year, you want Barbra Streisand to give you some.....? Some what? The woman's 65 and 5 months shy of 66. Unless you're a liberal Christian, at this moment she's not interested. ;D

I meant two different things ;D  uggh The thought of the big nose is VERY SCARY!!  I was thinking that any Jewish holiday that involves food is my favorite, and you Jews better give me some! ;D :D
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: newman on November 23, 2007, 02:56:57 PM
  My favorite Jewish holiday is Barbra Streisand's birthday... :)
It also could be one of the ones that include food, and how you're gonna give me some...

On April 24th each year, you want Barbra Streisand to give you some.....? Some what? The woman's 65 and 5 months shy of 66. Unless you're a liberal Christian, at this moment she's not interested. ;D

I meant two different things ;D  uggh The thought of the big nose is VERY SCARY!!  I was thinking that any Jewish holiday that involves food is my favorite, and you Jews better give me some! ;D :D

Aren't all Jewish holidays pretty similar?......................... "They tried to kill us, we're still here, now let's eat".
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: OdKahaneChai on November 23, 2007, 03:00:13 PM
  My favorite Jewish holiday is Barbra Streisand's birthday... :)
It also could be one of the ones that include food, and how you're gonna give me some...

On April 24th each year, you want Barbra Streisand to give you some.....? Some what? The woman's 65 and 5 months shy of 66. Unless you're a liberal Christian, at this moment she's not interested. ;D

I meant two different things ;D  uggh The thought of the big nose is VERY SCARY!!  I was thinking that any Jewish holiday that involves food is my favorite, and you Jews better give me some! ;D :D

Aren't all Jewish holidays pretty similar?......................... "They tried to kill us, we're still here, now let's eat".
Basically.  As my friend Marty says, "People say we're the people of the Book - we're the people of the Fork."
Title: Re: What's your favorite Jewish Holiday?
Post by: takebackourtemple on November 25, 2007, 01:11:03 AM
Taisha B'Av, because it is the day our temple will be liberated. We want Moshiach now.

Oh come on!  Pesach man! That's when Gd shows Himself to the first Israelite nation..the first time we got liberated!

T'sha B'Av Temple coming again...what kind of holiday is that? We're supposed to be sad that day and hope for the future for modern times..doesn't count in my book.  ::)

   This is the holiday when the Moshiach was born, it is the holiday when the temple will be liberated and it is the holiday when the temple will be rebuilt. This is a serious holiday that should be a mixture of joy and sorrow. It might not be the most "joyful" holiday, but the question was what my "favorite" holiday is.
   This is the holiday when I turn on my TV after it end and hope the cancer no longer exists on top of our temple mount.