Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site moscom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!moscom!de From: de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: "New Years" Message-ID: <261@moscom.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 21:39:38 EST Article-I.D.: moscom.261 Posted: Thu Nov 29 21:39:38 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 05:48:10 EST References: <1033@hou5e.UUCP> <6810@nlm-mcs.ARPA> Organization: MOSCOM Corp, E Rochester, NY, USA Lines: 19 > > 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 -).