Comments on: More on Ashura http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:50:45 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 Anonymous Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/#comment-5339 That's a good point, Maybe that's also what Mo heard... That’s a good point, Maybe that’s also what Mo heard…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/comment-page-1/#comment-5338 Anonymous Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/#comment-5338 Look at the paragraph Vetiten lanu in the Sehmonah Esrei of Yom Kippur. It ends by mentioning that the holiday is "zeicher litziat Mitzrayim." I think all the major holidays have an aspect of commemorating the Exodus. Look at the paragraph Vetiten lanu in the Sehmonah Esrei of Yom Kippur. It ends by mentioning that the holiday is “zeicher litziat Mitzrayim.” I think all the major holidays have an aspect of commemorating the Exodus.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/comment-page-1/#comment-5337 Anonymous Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/02/12/more-on-ashura/#comment-5337 Well, the first month in the Jewish calendar is Nissan (just to be pedantic) not Tishrei. But anyway it's all nonsense since Jews never fast in thanksgiving - we eat (and drink). The only real fast which isn't about something sad and/or repentance is Ta'anit Esther - and that is a commemoration of the fast before the battle in that story. Maybe Muhammad didn't understand that you can have a thanksgiving service without imposing pain and suffering. Well, the first month in the Jewish calendar is Nissan (just to be pedantic) not Tishrei.

But anyway it’s all nonsense since Jews never fast in thanksgiving – we eat (and drink). The only real fast which isn’t about something sad and/or repentance is Ta’anit Esther – and that is a commemoration of the fast before the battle in that story.

Maybe Muhammad didn’t understand that you can have a thanksgiving service without imposing pain and suffering.

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