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Subject: Happy Thanksgiving!
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:33:12 EST
Karima, and all Long Island Rootsers,
Thanksgiving is the most unique day on the American calendar: it's the only
day set aside as a day of thanking G-d, that is celebrated, each in their own
manner, by the 3 Abrahamic religions.
The American pilgrims, who originated the Thanksgiving holiday, were deeply
religious people. When they were trying to find a way to express their thanks
for their survival and for the harvest, they looked to the Bible for an
appropriate way of celebrating and based their celebration in part on the 7-day
Jewish Biblical Festival of Sukkot (Lev. 23:33-43).
There is almost an unbroken line of presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations,
from George Washington on October 3, 1789, to George W. Bush on November 22,
2005, with one thing in common: Thanksgiving Day is a day for thanking G-d.
Portions of many of the past presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations are
provided in Wednesday's (November 23, 2005) New York Sun editorial, "Thanksgiving":
http://www.nysun.com/article/23473
This is the same newspaper, resurrected after many years, that is famous for
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
Happy Thanksgiving,
Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY
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