[Avodah] Nittelnacht

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 09:07:39PM -0500, Richard Wolberg wrote:
: Why this omission? In the case of the Church fathers, the reason is  
: that, during the three centuries after his life on earth, the event  
: considered most worthy of commemoration was the date of his death...

In Judaism too. Birthdays are probably chuqas aku"m, whereas yahrtzeits
are minhag Yisrael. Comes from Shelomo haMelekh, "Tov yom hamaves miyom
holadto".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha