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Just to be clear, I was aware of this, but I used this inclusive phraseology because I was informed that there is considerable diversity of opinions among modern Jews (an entirely unprecedented situation, obviously...) over what is acceptable to serve as a Zeroa, so I didn't want to be too specific and be told 'actually...'Well, if @Thande insists...
Hitting on the points I see:
1. Zeroa is a lamb’s shankbone (or something representing it, usually a chicken bone, for families who don’t have access to a lamb’s bone), so calling it a “dish” being served is... questionable. It does represent the sacrifice; many Jews won’t even touch it because it might be interpreted as a sacrifice. Because a lamb is the sacrifice, it is considered today by most Jews to be verboten to serve lamb as the actual meal, because it resembles an unacceptable sacrifice (as it was not sacrificed at the Temple, for obvious reasons) too closely.
Fair enough. There certainly is diversity of opinions on pretty much any aspect of Jewish custom or practice. The only questionable part I had was calling it a "dish", but then again, I'm sure there are people who call it that, so you're likely fine.Just to be clear, I was aware of this, but I used this inclusive phraseology because I was informed that there is considerable diversity of opinions among modern Jews (an entirely unprecedented situation, obviously...) over what is acceptable to serve as a Zeroa, so I didn't want to be too specific and be told 'actually...'
Like how seventy or eighty years ago, Arthur Mee was so sure the House of Commons would get rid of the voting lobbies any day now that he put it in his children's encyclopaedia.I would like to note the 1928 Easter Act, which officially establishes Easter Sunday as the Sunday following the second Saturday in April (at least for UK secular purposes such as the back holidays, etc.). And it will come in to force just as soon as the PM of the day takes in to account the officially expressed views of the Church of England (and other christian bodies) and gets the agreement of both houses. So any day now, then.
Hey, they are talking about virtual committees.. virtual voting (presumably without at least the physical voting lobbies) can't be that far away, huh? And then regularising the date of Easter would be the entirely and utterly logical and justifiable next step. Any! Day! Now!Like how seventy or eighty years ago, Arthur Mee was so sure the House of Commons would get rid of the voting lobbies any day now that he put it in his children's encyclopaedia.
Of course, that would just mean all the Papists (well not all, but Eastern Catholicism is hard to explain even in passing, suffice it to say there are perfectly good Catholics who celebrate Easter on the Julian date*) like me would just celebrate it on the day that we always have.Hey, they are talking about virtual committees.. virtual voting (presumably without at least the physical voting lobbies) can't be that far away, huh? And then regularising the date of Easter would be the entirely and utterly logical and justifiable next step. Any! Day! Now!
I would have no objection to that, any more than I have to those who already celebrate it on the Julian date, or those who celebrate New Year in February. Its just that you (they) wont (or at least might not) get the bank/school holidays to coincide with said celebration...Of course, that would just mean all the Papists (well not all, but Eastern Catholicism is hard to explain even in passing, suffice it to say there are perfectly good Catholics who celebrate Easter on the Julian date*) like me would just celebrate it on the day that we always have.
*some, like Ukrainian Catholics in the diaspora, have it so that one parish in a given area has Easter on the Gregorian date, and another parish has Easter on the Julian date.