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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: "Stellingwerfs
Eigen" <<a href="mailto:info@stellingwerfs-eigen.nl">info@stellingwerfs-eigen.nl</a>></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: LL-L: Traditions</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Liebe Hanne en aanderen,<br>
Et vaalt mi'j ok de hieltied op dat d'r een protte misverstanen bestaon rond
dit soorte feestdaegen. Et Duutse 'Erntedankfest' het neffens mi'j dan ok niet
zo hiel vule (meer) te maeken mit 'Thanksgiving'.<br>
Et Erntedankfest en Thanksgiving hebben krek as een protte aandere Christelike,
Kattelieke en Joodse feesten vanzels wel overienkomsten mar ok grote onderlinge
verschillen. Een protte feesten wodden van ooldsher altied al holen rond de
wisseling van de seizoenen zoemer en winter. De meerste feesten bin dan ok in
de meitied en in et naojaor. De versie die wi'j vandaege-de-dag vaeks kennen
stamt meerstal uut de Middeliewen van rond 1400 nChr.<br>
Et Joodse (Hebreeuwse) Pesach gong bi'jglieks via et (Aramese) Pascha en et
(Griekse) Pascho naor et Nederlaanse Pasen (Stell.: Poasken; Duuts: Ostern; Eng.: Easter;
bet.: het oosten). Mar Pesach het eins niks mit Paosken te maeken. Et vaalt
toevallig in dezelde tied van et jaor. Mit et Joodse Pesach wodt de uuttocht
uut Iegypte herdocht, mit et Christelijke Paosken et uut de tied raeken en
opstanding van Jezus. Ok de rituelen van palmtakken, paoshaezen, paoseier en
gao zo mar deur hebben allemaole een groot verscheid an herkomst, van
vruchtberhiedsritueel tot et verjaegen van demonen.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Een protte kiender van
vandaege-de-dag kennen et Kastfeest niet aanders as een vri'je dag en weten
vaeks niet meer dat et wat mit een geboorte en een kiend in een voerbak vandoen
hadde.<br>
Mit een vrundelike groet uut Stellingwarf,<br>
Piet Bult</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Tradition</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Piet,<br>
<br>
Several Jewish holidays originated within seasonal agricultural contexts.
Farther, religious, meaning came to be added to them.<br>
<br>
In particular, Passover (Pesach פסח<span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, in spring), Shavuot (<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">שבועות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, “weeks,” in late spring or
early summer), and Sukkot (<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">סוכות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, “booths,” in early fall) are known as the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">שלושה רגלים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) during which the Israelites would travel to Jerusalem
to take animals and produce from their land as offerings to the Temple. <br>
<br>
Among these particular holidays, only Shavuot has retained its clearly
agricultural character and has by-names such as “Festival of Reaping” and “Day
of the First Fruits.” However, it too has taken on some added meaning in that
it celebrates the Book of Ruth. Following 50 days after Passover, early Greek
Jews referred to it as Pentecost (<i>πεντηκοστή</i>, “fiftieth day”), and
Christian Pentecost (Whitsuntide) came to be based on it.<br>
<br>
You said correctly that Passover is primarily dedicated to celebrating the
exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt.
Nevertheless, it has an ancient spring festival substratum. Originally, the
festival could not begin before the barley was ripe (which in the Levant is
pretty early in the year). <br>
<br>
The primary focus of Sukkot (which we celebrated recently) is to remind Jews of
the hardships their homeless ancestors had endured during the exodus, which is why
temporary shelters are built in which to live at least part-time for six or seven
days. However, it is partly rooted in an ancient harvest festival (and the booths
may well be derived from harvest time field shelters), which is the reason why many
people adorn their <i>sukkot</i> (booths) with harvest themes and eat meals that
celebrate the bounty of the fall.<br>
<br>
Falling in January or February, Tu BiShvat (<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">ט״ו בשבט</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) is a minor Jewish holiday that is also closely
connected with harvest and with pilgrimage, or rather with calculating the time
of tithing. It is also known as the “New Year of Trees,” which has much to
do with the flowering and fruit-bearing of trees (especially olives and almonds)
in the Levant.<br>
<br>
In other words, Jewish holidays, like Christian holidays, are multi-layered affairs.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</p>
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