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I had a lousy day today. Your post helped a lot :)

Perhaps too much irony, but in her first film appearance she was the first 'kill' in Ringu (1998)

https://www.thedodo.com/dodowell/cats-in-sinks

For Catholics it is more complicated than the Ten Commandments. But as I said, this is not really the place for that.

https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/curious-bear-gently-awakens-man-napping-by-pool Plenty of black bears around here. They are almost always shy and peaceable, (But don't mess with cubs. Momma is always nearby.) However they are omnivores and eat just about anything they can find without...

As it was explained to me, if a doctor says that you must do something or other, e.g. take medication on a schedule, then you must do it. It is not being freed from an obligation but being subject to a different overriding obligation.

Thank you. I looked up Rabbeinu Tam and discovered the 72 minutes and the 58.5 minutes issues and that led me into times of day for various prayers and practices. Quite interesting really. I was raised Roman Catholic, which has a complex network of rules and practices but nothing as elaborate as...

Gender reveal idiocies - fires, explosions, deaths https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/gender-reveal-party-wildfire.html You may hit a paywall. I subscribe and do not remember how it works. Sorry if you do.

I do not know where in the world the various participants may live and whether it is sundown yet there. But for everyone who reads this, have an easy fast.

Thank you for that info. Is there a standardized time for the end of Shabbat after sundown? The three stars rule would be very dependent on circumstances.

Very interesting! :) I see that the Syriac word used to translate the Greek γενεά has a range of meanings as does the Greek - generation, tribe, family, stock, line

I worked with many Orthodox Jews over the years and as I understand it (maybe wrongly) is that while Shabbat begins at sundown, it does not end until three stars are visible in the sky. This has been standardized as 18 minutes after sundown, I was told. In New York City with its light pollution...

New York MTA employees had secret man cave under Grand Central Terminal. I passed through there every day and a couple of times did engineering consulting on the mysterious Third Level. Lots of rooms and locked doors down there...

In mainly Orthodox areas of New York City, my original home town, on Shabbat buses stop at every stop regardless of whether anyone is waiting or getting off. Likewise elevators are set to continually go up and down stopping at every floor. Since the bus or the elevator is going to stop anyway...

1 Enoch 93 9. And after that in the seventh week shall an apostate generation arise, And many shall be its deeds, And all its deeds shall be apostate. 10. And at its close shall be elected The elect righteous of the eternal plant of righteousness, To receive sevenfold instruction concerning...

So I guess being moved here precludes talking about being Irish or about Yogi Berra.

Judaism in Ireland has a long history and happily one of (mostly) tolerance. Judaism was already well known in Ireland before World War 2, often immigrants from Russian and German controlled regions. During the war there were efforts to help Jewish refugees into Ireland, undercover to preserve...

amazon.com just sent me an email offering a deal on Passover Matzo. Passover is about half a year away and Yom Kippur about to start, on which the rule is not to eat at all. PS I am Irish.

From another thread Sorry, couldn't resist :)