>>On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Adam Walker wrote:
>>
>>> >The grammars are still in preparation, and for all
>>> >I know, will remain in preparation until Easter and
>>> >Pentecost fall on the same day...
>
>As far as i know, isn't Pentecost the English name for the Jewish
holiday
>of Shavu`ot?
>What would be so weird about Easter and Shavu`ot (which happens to be 2
>days outside of Israel) falling out on the same day? They do go by
>different calendars, afterall...
>
>Although Easter always seems to come out around Pesahh...
Origionally Easter and Pesahh were the same holliday (long ago before
the Catholic church moved the dates around a bit). After all Pesahh is
the day that the events we Christians celebrate on Easter actually
occurred. Pentecost is exactly 50 (pente from Greek 5) days after
Easter, by definition. Basically, what the the idiom would say if
translated into Jewish cultural terms would be "When Pesahh and Shavu`ot
fall on the same day."
Adam Walker
>
>
>-Stephen (Steg)
> "anxiety is the dizziness of freedom"
>
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