[Avodah] nittel nacht

[Eli Turkel]

Rbn Katz wrote

<<Eidot haMizrach would have been only marginally aware of nittel.  How
 many
christians are there in Arab lands anyway?  Not many, and they're  a very
small minority of the pop.   The kochos  hatum'ah  generated by xmas worship
wouldn't be very strong in Muslim lands.>>

I assume I got this today to remind us that January 7th is xmas in Russia
and we should not
learn this thursday night (at least for those whose ancestors come from
Russia/Lithuania etc)


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Eli Turkel
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