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Subject: Re: How do you deal with Jewish Holidays and WORK?
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Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 09:47:16 EST
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> 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.

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Someone once told me that Jesus was born on the first day of Chanukah,
the 25th day of Kislev; and the Christians observe Christmas on the 
same day, twenty-five, of the approximately equivalent month in the
solar calendar, December.

Anyone know if this is true?
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==> Ephrayim J. Naiman @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-6259
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