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From: de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: "New Years"
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Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 21:39:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 29 21:39:38 1984
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> > involved the religious observance of another religion.  New Year (Jan 1) 
> > is a Holy Day of Obligation in the Christian (Catholic?) Church.  I
> > believe the origins are that it is 8 days after Christmas (Jesus' birth)
> > which makes it circumcision day.
> > 
> > 
> > Ellen Bart
> > hou5e!elb
> 
> It is 7 days after Christmas.
> -- 
> Nancy Miller

Circumcisions take place on the eighth day of the baby's life ( at a   
minimum).  Thus 12/25 is day one not day zero, and 1/1 is day eight, and
the time for circumcision.  I guess that's what programmers get for counting
from 0 rather than 1 like normal people -).