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From: trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
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Subject: Re: How do you deal with Jewish Holidays and WORK?
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Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 18:42:17 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 28 18:42:17 1984
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Avi and everyone,
I don't work on any of the Yomim Tovim (holidays that you're supposed
to stay home from work).  I do NOT take vacation days, I INSIST on
working compensatory time.  I have always been extremely steadfast
about this, and my supervision (in the Bell System) has usually been
cooperative.  No Yomim Tovim have cropped up since I've started here at
Masscomp, but I wouldn't come interview them during Sukkos, and I made
it clear to them why.

If my supervision wasn't cooperative, then I would just tell them that
they were interfering with my religious practices.  The Bell System has
high moral standards about such things, if you stand up for your
religious rights, they will work it out with you so that you can get
home before Shabbos starts, etc.

There are many precedents to fall back on here, just ask around.  Be
adament.

For the information of you all out there who don't know, these are the
holidays that you should take off:

The "High Holy days":
Rosh Hashana (2 days)
Yom Kippur

The "Three Festivals":
Succos (4)
Pesach (4)
Shevuos (2)

These are the popular holidays that you don't (!) take off:

Chanuka
Purim

Yes, friends, Chanuka is a minor holiday, it's not as important as the
five above it.  The fact that it is coincident with Christmas is
coincidence.  Chanuka is NOT Jewish Christmas, and giving presents,
other than the normal modest Chanuka trappings, is ridiculous, and
only serves to confuse children and dilute Judaism.

I don't have the dates handy for this year, but I'll get them and post
them to this newsgroup.  Btw, the reason I don't have the dates is
because the Jewish calendar is lunar, and it slides around wrt our
calendar from year to year, though over the long haul it is in fine
sync.  A description of the Jewish calendar will make interesting
reading in this space if you've never seen it before.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc  Westford MA   (617) 692-6200 x274
	just a hymie from old hymietown