Happy Passover To all Celebrating!

[Gryphon]

To all who begin celebrating the holiday of passover tonight, have a chag sameach

[dragonbat]

Chag kasher v'sameach l'cha gam!

[bert]

If I ever told anyone "Happy" Passover, I would get SUCH a slap from my Father.

I appreciate the sentiment (no really), but I was taught that Passover is about perseverance thru suffering.

not necessarily something to celebrate, but rather, something to remember.


Now Purim or Chanukkah?

"Happy" away!

[dragonbat]

'Chag sameach' is still an acceptable greeting for the holiday. We rejoice that we were freed from Egyptian slavery. We rejoiced and sang at the Red Sea seven days later.

It's a happy time.

Now wish me a happy Tisha b'Av and I'LL sock ya! :tongue:

[Bakasama]

Oh that means it's time for this gentile to find some kosher Coke.

[Gryphon]

'Chag sameach' is still an acceptable greeting for the holiday. We rejoice that we were freed from Egyptian slavery. We rejoiced and sang at the Red Sea seven days later.

It's a happy time.

Now wish me a happy Tisha b'Av and I'LL sock ya! :tongue:

what about a happy Tu b'av :P ?

[dragonbat]

That's fine :smile:. 'Course I already have a husband...

[bert]

'Chag sameach' is still an acceptable greeting for the holiday. We rejoice that we were freed from Egyptian slavery. We rejoiced and sang at the Red Sea seven days later.

It's a happy time.

Now wish me a happy Tisha b'Av and I'LL sock ya! :tongue:

well, although I'm a "bad" Jew (not a member of a Synagogue here in town, nor very religious), my Dad was raised Othadox -- my Abba was a Shochet.

so I can only relay what was taught to me:

Pesach & Yom Kippur are not "happy" holidays.

Purim, Rosh Hasshona, and Chanukkah (among others) are.

[dragonbat]

Hmmm... and when most people wish me a happy new year, Rosh Hashannah time, I cringe. I'm going on trial for my life and I'm supposed to relax and be happy? (Yeah, I know. We anticipate and pray for a favorable verdict, but still... that's not a happy day for me.)

Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, Hoshanna Rabah, Asara b'Teves, Sh'va Asar b'Tamuz and Tisha b'Av are the main days that are either sad or solemn. The shalosh regalim? (Pesach, Shavuos, Sukkot?) Days of feasting and celebration.

And Hannukah and Purim, of course!

[Cam63]

Cheers, you mob :)

[Typo Lad]

Respectfully bert, I have to disagree with your dad's take. Not saying that he's wrong, just that I don't agree.

Rav Chaim Solovechik z'l, father of Rav Joseph Dov z'l and my father's mentor, Rav Aaron, famously said: "The difference between secular holidays and Jewish holidays is secular holidays commemorate, Jewish holidays recreate."

As such, while there should indeed be aspects of sadness, the key should be recreating the joy a vassal people would feel upon release from Bondange. If one reads the order of the Hagaddah, we transition from the "poor man's bread" and "bitter herbs" aspects to Hallel, one of the highest forms of praise for G-d, and something never said on a sad day.

As for Rosh Hashannah, the wish for a "Happy New Year" is approppriate, when one thinks of it as a wish that you should be judged for a happy year-to-come.

[bert]

Respectfully bert, I have to disagree with your dad's take. Not saying that he's wrong, just that I don't agree.

Rav Chaim Solovechik z'l, father of Rav Joseph Dov z'l and my father's mentor, Rav Aaron, famously said: "The difference between secular holidays and Jewish holidays is secular holidays commemorate, Jewish holidays recreate."

As such, while there should indeed be aspects of sadness, the key should be recreating the joy a vassal people would feel upon release from Bondange. If one reads the order of the Hagaddah, we transition from the "poor man's bread" and "bitter herbs" aspects to Hallel, one of the highest forms of praise for G-d, and something never said on a sad day.

As for Rosh Hashannah, the wish for a "Happy New Year" is approppriate, when one thinks of it as a wish that you should be judged for a happy year-to-come.

Hey Morts!

While I agree with your interpretations (particularly, we seem in synch on Rosh Hashannah :biggrin:), it's just not how I was raised to think of Passover.

what a shock, right? A Jew focusing on the suffering aspects (hmmm.. . maybe this should go into the "sterotypes thread". . LOL).