I keep seeing nonsense about Ḥanukka being a “new” holiday Jews invented, or amplified, to compete with Christmas, or that it was always some “minor” and uncelebrated holiday of lesser.
Historically, and according to Jewish law, Jews were instructed to light the Hanukka lights publicly, at the entrance of their homes, by their doors.
During periods of intense anti-Semitism, rabbinic authorities ruled that the lights should be kindled indoors, on tables and away from windows, for safety. Many Jews still do this today as a holdover from those conditions.
If the non-Jewish public didn’t “notice” Ḥanukka for centuries, it’s not because it didn’t matter. It’s because Jews learned that visibility often meant persecution.
And today, in Australia, it meant a massacre.
I want to thank @MOhadIsrael & @Jerusalem_Post for highlighting the new @WorldJewishCong exhibition on MENA Jewish legacy.
This piece captures our mission to give a broader understanding of Jewish history that honors all its threads.
https://t.co/eJ71mgkBDT
Torn bc I've really liked Dashlane, but really don't like when companies just surprise drop stuff like this, and not sure I wanna pay $60 every year... But also don't particularly wanna research and get a whole new password manager set up :(
Wow... @dashlane suddenly has an (unspecified) limit on the number of passwords you can save in their free version. No warning that this was coming... So I need to either pay $60 rn to get a subscription or switch password managers. They don't even let you pay monthly :(
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French TM fans proving to be the best of the community once again, a couple guys that go by RequinDr and Loicfr made Tsukihime fully readable in a web browser
Functionally better than the actual program for Tsukihime too, incroyable
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