Cross contamination

[magid]

I got a last-minute invitation out to dinner on Shabbat. My host was waiting in the lobby to let me into the building.

Host: "Shabbat shalom!"
Me: "How about... chag sameach?"
Host: "But would already be isru chag!"
Me: "No, the Clauser Rav arrives at midnight, so the day lasts until midnight."
Host: "..."
Host: "And even were it the day after, it's still Boxing Day, making it a two-day yom tov!"

With apologies for lack of Jew-speak translation. Let me know if I should bother.

Comments

[gingicat]

Well, if we have to be immersed in their holiday, we may as well be cleverly silly about it. :)

[magid.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

12 Days of Yom Tov.

And we're so smug about 8....

[magid.livejournal.com]

Ah, but my impression is that functionally only the first day is yom tov, while all the rest are chol ha-moed...

[geekosaur]

If they're serious about it, the last day is also Yom Tov (Epiphany).

[fairdice.livejournal.com]

Surely New Year's Day is something special, though? Like Lag B'Omer, perhaps?

[magid.livejournal.com]

Is New Year's special on the liturgical calendar, though, other than being Saint Sylvester's day? Every day has its saint.

[electrictruffle.livejournal.com]

See my comment below. Male birth on 25 December, count the day of the birth, add seven more days.....

:)

-ETR

[magid.livejournal.com]

Of course, it's a lot more likely that the birth was around one of the chagim, and December 25 was elected after the fact so that pagan holidays could be incorporated...

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Because in America, everyone is part of the Christian URJ.

[cellio]

Nicely done!

[electrictruffle.livejournal.com]

I guess you could also throw something in about the feast of the circumcision...

-ETR

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Very funny.