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Title: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: JewJitsu on December 26, 2013, 10:38:44 AM: Is it halachically permissible for a Torah Orthodox Jew to attend a Kwanzaa celebration?
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: Rubystars on December 26, 2013, 10:53:25 AM: Why would you want to?
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: JewJitsu on December 26, 2013, 11:02:50 AM: I want to be multicultural and diverse. It makes me kvell with nachus. :dance:
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: TruthSpreader on December 26, 2013, 11:09:08 AM: Finally it be Kwanzaa!!!!
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: ChabadKahanist on December 26, 2013, 11:12:32 AM: It is a made up holiday made up by Afro-centric negroes to make themselves feel like they had something different & unique & was created in the late 60's
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: Aces High on December 26, 2013, 11:13:04 AM: Quote from: Wanderingsamurai81 on December 26, 2013, 11:09:08 AM
Finally it be Kwanzaa!!!!
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: Zelhar on December 26, 2013, 05:52:12 PM: I think if the descendants of African slaves want to celebrate their release from bondage and their freedom that's legitimate but then why would they make it look like a mockery of Hanukkah and Christmas?
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: IsraelForever on December 27, 2013, 02:35:10 AM: Quote from: Zelhar on December 26, 2013, 05:52:12 PM
I think if the descendants of African slaves want to celebrate their release from bondage and their freedom that's legitimate but then why would they make it look like a mockery of Hanukkah and Christmas?
Because, quite frankly, they're meshuggah.
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: ChabadKahanist on December 27, 2013, 04:37:46 AM: Why don't they celebrate Dingaan's Day like they did in South Africa before the blacks took over.
Dingaan was Shaka Zulu's brother,Dingaan killed Shaka Zulu & became king & in honor of the defeat of Shaka they celebrated Dingaan's Day for years until Mandela took over.
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: Dr. Dan on December 27, 2013, 08:49:11 AM: Don't forget your kenorah.
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: angryChineseKahanist on December 27, 2013, 10:13:40 AM: yaaa crack and weed is on sale !!!
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: Spiraling Leopard on December 27, 2013, 12:47:54 PM: Kwanza is money used in Angola.
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: Lisa on December 27, 2013, 04:16:09 PM: Quote from: JewJitsu on December 26, 2013, 10:38:44 AM
Is it halachically permissible for a Torah Orthodox Jew to attend a Kwanzaa celebration?

I take it this is a joke?
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: muman613 on December 27, 2013, 04:30:54 PM: Quote from: JewJitsu on December 26, 2013, 10:38:44 AM
Is it halachically permissible for a Torah Orthodox Jew to attend a Kwanzaa celebration?

I am not sure what the Halacha is on this... Is it is religious holiday? If it is and it worships a false deity we are most certainly forbidden from engaging in any of the rituals involved with it. If it is a secular day there may be lenient opinions which allow us (as in the case of Thanksgiving). I know nothing about this invented 'holiday'. It is not Jewish so I may invoke the concept of the Torah forbidding us from following the ways of the non-Jews (do not emulate the ways of the nations)...
Title: Re: Today is the first day of Kwanzaa
Post by: TruthSpreader on December 27, 2013, 05:30:18 PM: Quote from: Spiraling Leopard on December 27, 2013, 12:47:54 PM
Kwanza is money used in Angola.

Really? I didn't know.