Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: 2 Questions Message-ID: <1769@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 20:22:18 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1769 Posted: Sun Sep 22 20:22:18 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 23-Sep-85 02:59:03 EDT References: <3780094@csd2.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 20 > Rosh haShanah is a two day rosh hodesh. Why is it not the last day of > the previous month and the first day of the current month like all > other two day ra'shei hodesh? > > If Ro'sh ha Shanah is really only one day, shouldn't one be able to > cook during the first half for the second half? [MARTILLO] It's the fault of vusvus Asheknazim using Western calendars. Isn't that the answer you wanted? (My understanding is that this IS a custom dealing with the fact that Jews are all over the world, and it is spread out over two days so that the entire first day of Tishrei (as experienced in Israel's time zone) will be celebrated as the "new year" throughout the rest of the world. That is how it was explained to me long ago. But of course, I'm a know nothing vusvus...) -- "Wait a minute. '*WE*' decided??? *MY* best interests????" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr