| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
Happy Yom HaAtzmaut all! /Fern
BTW, several people have asked me why Israeli Independence Day is
being celebrated on all different days this year. The answer seems
to be that Israel celebrates both on erev Yom HaAtzmaut, and on
Motzei Yom HaAtzmaut, that is, both the night before and after.
So on years when it should fall on a Friday, it gets moved back
a day to Thursday, so that no one will be tempted to transgress
Shabbat Friday night.
This makes me curious, however: does anyone know how this
double-celebration and date-switching affects Sfira?
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| 456.1 | CURIE::FEINBERG | Don Feinberg | Thu Apr 21 1988 14:30 | 15 | |
reply to < Note 456.0 by CADSYS::REISS "Fern Alyza Reiss" >
> This makes me curious, however: does anyone know how this
> double-celebration and date-switching affects Sfira?
I don't believe it affects sfira at all, since
Yom Ha'atzma'ut is neither YomTov nor Chol Hamo'eid.
This, despite the fact that the wording the Rabbanut used
to describe the days seems to have been lifted
from Mo'eid Katan! I think the intention was to
create the sense of Chol Hamo'eid for the days,
though it's "suggested" rather than halachic.
/don feinberg
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| 456.2 | CADSYS::REISS | Fern Alyza Reiss | Thu Apr 21 1988 16:06 | 3 | |
Thanks Don. (Glad I waited and asked today, rather than yesterday!
:~) /Fern
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