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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Joe Gutfeld on December 30, 2013, 05:56:01 PM
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I would like to wish all JTFers a very Happy New Year and I hope that 2014 will be a great year for JTF
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Joe, we Jews are not allowed to celebrate the secular New Year. Our New Year is Rosh Hashanah.
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Although I myself am not partaking any 'New Years' celebration I do feel that it is OK to wish others a good secular New Year.
It is good to remind Jews that this is not our New Year, as Chaim said we already had our New Years 'celebration' during the High Holidays. It is 5774 already according to our calendar.
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I'm only wishing a Happy New Year to all the non-Jews here then.
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I'm only wishing a Happy New Year to all the non-Jews here then.
Thanks. But I'm not really into New Year's Eve.
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Thanks. But I'm not really into New Year's Eve.
To be honest, I freaking hate New Year's Eve.
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When I was a kid I thought it was cool when the ball dropped and to see the clock tick down to Midnight. But the whole Times Square stuff is actually pretty silly. It's just a bunch of liberals mostly listening to noise music immodestly dressed in the freezing cold. Then they think they have to kiss at Midnight. I'd rather listen to the radio where they say "At the tone time is Midnight." but now they play the sound track to the fireworks on the local news radio channel.
I just liked it because of the number changing. There is nothing to celebrate. The Winter Classic outdoor hockey game on New Year's Day is much more interesting.
Saying Happy New Year and making "New Year's resolutions" just seems pretty gay to me. It's an artificial date for the beginning of the Solar New Year. It would make more sense to have the solar year start on the first day of Spring (It used to be on March 25 on the old Julian Calendar.).
Also, why do peoples say "New Year's"? I don't even know if there should be an apostrophe. Probably it's only correct to say it as "New Year's" if followed by the word Eve or Day. I just call it either the Secular, Civil, Gregorian, or Solar New Year.
Jews have Tekufat Tevet to mark the beginning of our Solar Winter which falls out this year on Monday, January 6. Our Lunar Winter began on the Seventh Day of Hanukkah (First of Tevet). Some hold that it began on the First of Kislev if you go by that there are 6 seasons of 2 months each based on Parashat Noah. Astronomical Winter began on December 21 and Meteorological Winter began on December 1.
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When I was a kid I thought it was cool when the ball dropped and to see the clock tick down to Midnight. But the whole Times Square stuff is actually pretty silly. It's just a bunch of liberals mostly listening to noise music immodestly dressed in the freezing cold. Then they think they have to kiss at Midnight. I'd rather listen to the radio where they say "At the tone time is Midnight." but now they play the sound track to the fireworks on the local news radio channel.
I just liked it because of the number changing. There is nothing to celebrate. The Winter Classic outdoor hockey game on New Year's Day is much more interesting.
Saying Happy New Year and making "New Year's resolutions" just seems pretty gay to me. It's an artificial date for the beginning of the Solar New Year. It would make more sense to have the solar year start on the first day of Spring (It used to be on March 25 on the old Julian Calendar.).
Also, why do peoples say "New Year's"? I don't even know if there should be an apostrophe. Probably it's only correct to say it as "New Year's" if followed by the word Eve or Day. I just call it either the Secular, Civil, Gregorian, or Solar New Year.
Jews have Tekufat Tevet to mark the beginning of our Solar Winter which falls out this year on Monday, January 6. Our Lunar Winter began on the Seventh Day of Hanukkah (First of Tevet). Some hold that it began on the First of Kislev if you go by that there are 6 seasons of 2 months each based on Parashat Noah. Astronomical Winter began on December 21 and Meteorological Winter began on December 1.
I think the Essenes used the solar calendar...
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Some New Year joy from way back in 1987-1988...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5TahgKYN8
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLUgDbFkybE
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To be honest, I freaking hate New Year's Eve.
So do I. What is so special about it anyway?
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Happy New Year everyone.
I love New Years Eve.
It's time to party and have some fun.
I just have to figure out what to wear tonight, you know should it be the red dress or should it be the purple one.
It's nice for me because I live in America and I get to celebrate both the American and Jewish holidays.
Everyone have fun but remember to be safe.
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As Chaim said we Jews don't celebrate it.
If you calculate from Dec 25 to Jan 1 it is 8 days & by celebrating this day you would be celebrating Yoshka's bris.
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As Chaim said we Jews don't celebrate it.
If you calculate from Dec 25 to Jan 1 it is 8 days & by celebrating this day you would be celebrating Yoshka's bris.
It actually pre-dates Yeshu by 44+ years (If he was really born the year they said he was.). It was first instituted by Julius Caesar. But then again X-mas also predates Yeshu.
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Relax, New Year or not.... I have the day off... Tomorrow too... So let us laugh at the funny singing dogs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eg-myT7PDE
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It actually pre-dates Yeshu by 44+ years (If he was really born the year they said he was.). It was first instituted by Julius Caesar. But then again X-mas also predates Yeshu.
Indeed it was the pagan Saturnalia/Winter Solstice which they took over & made a Christian holiday.
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Jenny,
I don't know if you noticed this when you first signed on, but this is a serious Jewish, Zionist, religious forum of right wing Jews and other non-Jews who support Israel.
So if you're just interested in partying or smoking marijuana, perhaps you should go on Jdate.com.
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Jenny,
I don't know if you noticed this when you first signed on, but this is a serious Jewish, Zionist, religious forum of right wing Jews and other non-Jews who support Israel.
So if you're just interested in partying or smoking marijuana, perhaps you should go on Jdate.com.
Good post Lisa. I've never been to GayDate, not being Jewish, but I hear it is a hideous abomination.
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Well I guess I won't have to tell everyone how stupid it is to stand in the freezing cold and packed times square to watch some stupid ball move down slow as hell and scream like idiots.
I got idiots across the street screaming.
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FOX News has the ball dropping minus the Miley Cyrus depravity and other immorality on ABC. I guess it's named after Dick Clark for a reason even though he is now dead.
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Happy New zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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To our Christian friends and JTFers: Happy New Year to you all!
And thank you for all your support!
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FOX News has the ball dropping minus the Miley Cyrus depravity and other immorality on ABC. I guess it's named after Dick Clark for a reason even though he is now dead.
Really? Well I'm glad I didn't watch that crap.
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Happy new year:
www.nydailynews.com/new-york/stabbed-port-authority-melee-article-1.1562972
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GT2OzCbPo-A/UsQeNQ5VBGI/AAAAAAABhO4/u3KqrJrwbns/s400/Happy+New+Year+2014.jpg)
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Jenny,
I don't know if you noticed this when you first signed on, but this is a serious Jewish, Zionist, religious forum of right wing Jews and other non-Jews who support Israel.
So if you're just interested in partying or smoking marijuana, perhaps you should go on Jdate.com.
Dear Lisa
Just because I have a normal American life and don't follow every word of the Torah does not mean I am a bad person or that I am not conservative or believe in and support Israel.
I'm confused it's ok for non-Jews to be on the forum but it's not good for a Jew like me because I don't follow all the religious laws. I guess that's why you only have 7 or 8 people posting all the time, you scare everyone off.
Don't worry about me I am leaving and won't be back.
By the way the party I went to had mostly kosher food so figure that one out.
Also I do not smoke marijuana.
Good Luck.
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What is 'mostly kosher food'.... Is that something that reform Jews eat like 'Kosher style'?
A Jew should be proud of their Jewish heritage and not assimilate. A simple reading of Megillah Esther reveals the great wrong the people did by attending the party of Achashveros.
I am not judging Jenny, but I sure hope she wakes up some day and realizes the greatness of her heritage.
Learn about the holidays of Purim, Shavuot, and the days of mourning 'Tish B'Av' and 'Aseret B'Tevet' and then ask yourself what you need to engage in the secular holidays...
JTF attempts to encourage Jews to follow the Torah. We only expect the non-Jew to follow the Noachide laws... So it may seem we are 'picking on' you when in reality we hope you receive our words as 'loving rebuke' of your current lifestyle. I myself had a liberal lifestyle for many years and I can attest to the power of teshuva.
I hope to see you back here some day soon.
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Jenny has been a member since September 21, 2012, 10:32:59 PM. I wonder why all the sudden she makes her first posts.