Today is not only the first full day of Pope Francis – a pope who has taken a stand on so many issues that drives the republicans crazy, so God Bless this pope – on American soil, but there are other significant moments.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur – or Day of Atonement – is the highest holy day of the Jewish year. It began at sundown yesterday and is marked by fasting for 25 hours.
Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) is the day of repentance, the most holy day on the Jewish calendar. Described as a Shabbat shabbaton (Shabbat of solemn rest) in the Torah, Yom Kippur is a day of fasting, prayer, and reflection. Yom Kippur is the culmination of a period of time during the month of Elul in which Jews are required to take stock of their lives, to ask forgiveness from friends and family, and to take steps toward self-improvement for the year to come.
Since it’s a day of reflection and repentance, it is not appropriate to wish someone a “Happy Yom Kippur”. The most common greeting is "G'mar Chatima Tovah" – which literally means “A good final sealing”, or idiomatically, “May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for Good”
You may also wish them a “Tzom kal” – an “easy fast” which began last night at sundown.
To learn more, here’s a pretty comprehensive reference:
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Fall_Holidays/Yom_Kippur/yom_kippur.html
Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha, the [Islam] Festival of Sacrifice, is observed on from the evening of Sept. 23 to Sept. 24, 2015 in North America. One of two feast festivals celebrated by Muslims, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of the Islamic calendar’s last month, Dhu al-Hijjah.
Eid al-Adha falls within the annual pilgrimage to Mecca known as the hajj. Determining the exact date of Eid al-Adha is a point of contention and some wait for an official announcement from the authorities in Mecca.
The actual date varies depending on your location around the world, because it’s based on the sighting of the moon. To learn more:
http://www.when-is.com/eid-al-adha-2015.asp
Autumnal Equinox
And today is a day that we can ALL celebrate – the First Day of Fall! It began at 4:21 AM (ET) – so start warming up your rakes.
(It’s also my neighbor’s Birthday – but you don’t have to do anything special for that one. But I’m planning on popping a few balloons to celebrate.)
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Love the kitty and the ecumenical/interfaith respect of diversity!
What a delightful demonstration of how much more humans have in common than in strife. Posted to Care2 at http://www.care2.com/news/member/101612212/3911932 The thumbnail I used was a baroque painting of the god of Autumn. (Of course there's more to it than that, there always is, but it's just a favorite of mine.)
Maybe I was remiss in not mentioning the passing of Yogi Berra – but he did pass yesterday.
While everyone surely has their favorite "Yogi-ism" – this one seems apropos for the moment:
“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
Thanks for posting, Joanne. The team seems to be running like clockwork now.
Love that quote, Nameless!
Thanks, Nameless, I love these tidbits of knowledge, especially when they come together to show how some customs and religious observances are eons old and all stem much from the same place.
Thank you, Nameless, and Joanne for this informational post.
"If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them".
Rest in Peace, Yogi.
One that I just heard of today …
REPORTER: Say Yogi, what time is it?
YOGI: You mean now?
Love the fact that people still care about each other, even though they have never met and only know each other by posts on websites! We all love TC and want the best for him and everyone!
Hopefully, the next update will be that he has gotten out of ICU!
Peace, Prayers, Love and lots of HUGS to EVERYONE that helps keep TC's link to all of us up and going! You guys are AWESOME !!!
And Yogi has some of the best quotes there are! Just can't think of one right now! Sorry!
RIP, YOGI!
Those are new Yogi-isms to me…I just love them, as do so many others, thanks.
Interesting that Yom Kippur in intent is much like Ramadan in Islam. Likewise, one does not say happy Ramadan. I use "blessings at Ramadan" with my Muslim friends and was told that is appropriate.
I do wish that all people could understand that Christianity, Islam and Judiasm are each Abrahamic religions and have much in common.
Thanks for this Nameless.
And kitty . . . too funny! Love it!
Thanks for this, most interesting. Oh that poor kitty in the video, he/she didn't react till she/he looked at the punctured balloon – oh dear, what a fright!