Re: Chanuka Art?
From zebediah <zeb...@centurion.flash.net>
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· 12 Dec 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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naenia wrote: > > Zeus Simeoni wrote: > > > > Krogg wrote: > > > > > > Chip Harman wrote: > > > > > > > > Isn't there some ASCII art for Chanuka (which starts Dec 23rd)? > > > Ive heard of Newyears,Xmas,Christmass,Quanza and Hanuka ,but what is > > > Chanuka about? > > > > Chanuka, (spelled chanookie to me) is the proper spelling of Hanuka, from > > what I've heard. Hence the people sending the Manureas, and the witches' > > stars without the circles. > > Sorry, the witches' star is 5 pointed, the Jewish star is 6 pointed... > witches' star is technically a pentagram. > Jewish star is a sextagram. > > naenia (who is neither pagan nor jewish) Besides, Channuka is translitterated from a completely different alphabet, and can therefore be spelled a number of ways. The same is true of Menorah, the Jewish candelabrah. Both the five- and the six- pointed star were found on Solomon's temple, but so were pomegranites (sp?) and other doo-dads. Now, however, confusing them would probably offend most jews and witches. --zeb (who is both). "A life without food, without shelter, without love, a life lived in the rain--this is nothing beside a life without poetry." --the Squirrel
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ee4360a23ee7b0a6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: zebediah <zeb...@centurion.flash.net> Subject: Re: Chanuka Art? Date: 1997/12/12 Message-ID: <349...@centurion.flash.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 297685548 References: <664cld$ab...@clarknet.clark.net> <348...@inspace.net> <348...@umit.maine.edu> <348...@geocities.com> Reply-To: zeb...@north.pole To: nae...@geocities.com Organization: Ho.Ho.Ho Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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