JuKoon [must be] soon!

[innerSpaceman]

I hate Jewish holidays, or rather the timing of them. They never got the memo about standardized dates - or rather, I suppose they thought the memo was part of a Roman plot to wipe them off the face of the earth, and thus rejected it.

So, while pleasantly tribal, Jewish holidays are still worked off the phases and timing of the moon and, for all I know, sticks cast among the reeds. So they're never on the same date each year, and generally "float" among a time period of roughly a month in either direction.

This year, Ju-Koon is really early. The good news is, it's on a Saturday. The bad news is, I don't get a day off work that way.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I hate Jewish holidays, or rather the timing of them. They never got the memo about standardized dates - or rather, I suppose they thought the memo was part of a Roman plot to wipe them off the face of the earth, and thus rejected it.

So, while pleasantly tribal, Jewish holidays are still worked off the phases and timing of the moon and, for all I know, sticks cast among the reeds. So they're never on the same date each year, and generally "float" among a time period of roughly a month in either direction.

Pssh, you're a fan of this mess we call a calendar? Thirty days hath September, April June and November, all the rest have 31, except yadda yadda made up stuff...at least the moon is a real thing to measure by. Also, Jewish calendar is older. DIBS on marking time!

(Though I guess if you go Jewish calendar you have to count the Omer....no parties for 40 days suuuuux, especially if your birthday tends to fall in the middle of it.)