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Title: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Trumpeldor on December 04, 2007, 08:08:32 PM
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195546797524&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Eliezer Ben Avraham on December 04, 2007, 08:12:43 PM
written by a Jew who probably lights no candles, a Jew who goes 3 times a year to synagogue. There were times when it was very hard to get candles, they were expensive or hard to find, but today when we can follow the tradition we absolutely must.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Tzvi Ben Roshel1 on December 04, 2007, 08:17:23 PM
 ;D , such stupidity. Let them first start getting ride of all their cars (and start walking instead), and changing the energy source from oil to something else and then let them talk.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: New Yorker on December 04, 2007, 09:17:24 PM
From the article.

"The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere"

I think these mental defectives are doing significant damage to the atmosphere by breathing.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: cjd on December 04, 2007, 09:45:07 PM
From the article.

"The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere"

I think these mental defectives are doing significant damage to the atmosphere by breathing.
They can't be serious. Now the stupid environmentalist animals think we are going to be done in by Chanukah Candles. How dumb what about all the other kinds of candles people burn? Is it only Chanukah Candles that damage the atmosphere?  This really shows you what happens when things are taken to far. Soon people won't even be able to turn on the stove to cook dinner because it will damage the planet. I wish we could turn back the clock to a day where we had slightly more pollution and a lot less government interference into how people go about their daily lives.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: OdKahaneChai on December 04, 2007, 09:49:04 PM
From the article.

"The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere"

I think these mental defectives are doing significant damage to the atmosphere by breathing.
Is it only Chanukah Candles that damage the atmosphere?
Yes!  It's our secret plan to destroy the world!  The Evil Zionist Joo Conspiracy strikes again!
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Dr. Dan on December 04, 2007, 10:52:39 PM
I say, just kick them in the nuts!!!
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Eliezer Ben Avraham on December 04, 2007, 11:30:25 PM
From the article.

"The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere"

I think these mental defectives are doing significant damage to the atmosphere by breathing.

They are already doing that. There was a story in Britian about a bunch of these types of wackoetts aborting their children and sterilizing themselves for the sake of the environment.
its good to know they will die out
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Shlomo on December 05, 2007, 02:10:06 AM
It is very important to light all the candles properly.

Secularism is a disease because it's an excuse for bad behavior while excusing it using foolish causes.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Kiwi on December 05, 2007, 06:54:40 AM
It is very important to light all the candles properly.

Secularism is a disease because it's an excuse for bad behavior while excusing it using foolish causes.

Agreed, I don't see any reason to change.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Merkava on December 05, 2007, 12:45:22 PM
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Secularism is a disease because it's an excuse for bad behavior while excusing it using foolish causes.

I agree with your statement. I didn't go to a synagogue for almost a decade. I was very secular and I did and said all kinds of stupid things that I painfully regret  :-[ There was no direction in my life. However after my cousin was killed in battle last Summer in Lebanon I snapped out of this athiest/self hating mode and I realized how blessed and priveleged I was of being Jewish.

I personally feel quite crap for not having a Menorah. For the meantime the virtual Menorah on my facebook profile will have to do  :-\

On the postive side I will get one next time I go to Israel. I will also go to the Kottel to repent myself for being so secular and self hating. I hope G-d will forgive me.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: TorahZionist on December 05, 2007, 01:51:41 PM
I personally feel quite crap for not having a Menorah. For the meantime the virtual Menorah on my facebook profile will have to do  :-\

You can get a cheap one with candles from any Chabad centre.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Merkava on December 05, 2007, 02:06:10 PM
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You can get a cheap one with candles from any Chabad centre.
Money is not an issue - its the fact that there arent any Chabad Centres where I live  :(
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Shlomo on December 05, 2007, 02:17:47 PM
I agree with your statement. I didn't go to a synagogue for almost a decade. I was very secular and I did and said all kinds of stupid things that I painfully regret  :-[ There was no direction in my life. However after my cousin was killed in battle last Summer in Lebanon I snapped out of this athiest/self hating mode and I realized how blessed and priveleged I was of being Jewish.

I personally feel quite crap for not having a Menorah. For the meantime the virtual Menorah on my facebook profile will have to do  :-\

On the postive side I will get one next time I go to Israel. I will also go to the Kottel to repent myself for being so secular and self hating. I hope G-d will forgive me.

I'm very proud after reading this. You are doing a great thing and you'll bring a tremendous amount of meaning into your life.
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Merkava on December 05, 2007, 02:22:04 PM
Thankyou my brother. I couldn't agree more :)
Title: Re: Jews urged to light one less candle for Hanukkah
Post by: Raulmarrio2000 on December 05, 2007, 02:25:56 PM
One less candle? It's an heresy and horrible sin. Even a Goy who lights without bracha, must light the exact quantity. (You can only light ONE cande each night in case of emergency) But lighting four on the fifth dat, for instance, is a horrible heresy, better no to light at all!!!!!
And those leftists are just destroying Judaism and dicrediting Ecoligists as well. I am Ecoligist, and dislike our cause to be used to defend heresies, damn them, Leftists!