it's erev Chanukah and erev Christmas!

Dec 24, 2016 15:06

Happy Chanukah and merry Christmas to all who celebrate either or both, or are celebrant-adjacent. May the combined light bring much-needed illumination to our benighted country.

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chienne_folle December 24 2016, 21:17:03 UTC
I know that Christians sometimes say, "Amen" when they agree with something. Is there a Jewish equivalent?

In the absence of that, my response to your post is Word! ;-)

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it's אָמֵן... hammercock December 25 2016, 07:03:54 UTC
...which is "amen". ;-) The word goes back at least as far as Aramaic.

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intuition_ist December 25 2016, 02:56:18 UTC
Amen, sister!

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42itous December 25 2016, 14:32:21 UTC
"From your lips to God's ears."

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