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And Elena - what prunes?? I meant virgins. You know, in the beginning of the megilah; Esther is chosen out of thousands of virgins
Michele, was I right that, in addition to being a national holiday, St. Patrick's Day is a Holy Day of Obligation in Ireland, or was I misinformed?
Yes you are right, it is a Holy Day of Obligation, just with me not being very Catholic, I don't dwell on that side of things. I never realised though, that if Paddy's Day fell on a Friday that the Church suspended the No-meat rule - Interesting.
BTW, am I wrong, or did Jim nickname him "Pat" and Michele - "Paddy"?
As for no-meat-Friday: I attended first grade in a public school in Brookline, Mass. (Then did it over in Jerusalem the year after...) We had lunch in the school cafeteria (an "institute" that doesn't exist here at all). But I had to eat my brown bag cream cheese sandwiches, because we kept Kosher.Fridays were a celebration for me: My parents let me have tuna sandwiches in the cafeteria, like all the other kids! (Now I know this is not strictly kosher, but in those days (a little over a couple of years ago ) my parents were more lenient in those matters.)I can remember the distinct yummy tast of it to this day. It took me some time to reproduce it in my kitchen!My Jewish memory of no-meat-Friday!
The "no-meat" rule was made voluntary (except for Fridays in Lent) back in the '60's, I think... Jim