do you have pictures of you and your dh together? not prof.

the world's best mom

Wed, Feb 02 2011, 2:04 pm

Ruchel wrote:

the world's best mom wrote:

Ruchel wrote:

Okay.
Many rabbis tolerate and some allow secularized holidays like Valentine or Halloween or New Year. There are special menus in restaurants for them etc.

Do these people get x-mas trees too? I mean, why would someone even want give credibility to these Shtussim? I have never heard of a single Rav who allowed it.

X mas is still considered religious or "birth of little Yoshke".
Give credibility? Not sure what you mean. People just use it to celebrate.
You've never heard, okay. So don't. And please respect others.

I don't believe I've been disrespectful. I'm just asking for clarification.

People celebrate when there is a reason to celebrate. We have our Yomim Tovim on days when amazing things happened to us. Why would anyone celebrate October 31 any more than they would Oct. 30? Because they know that the 30th has no reason to be celebrated. So by celebrating on the 31st, they are giving credibility to the beleif that Halloween is indeed a reason to celebrate.

I do not know details about the origins of these holidays, but they are Christian based. X-mas has remained strictly Christain. And the others? Because we don't necessarily know their Christian origins, does that mean they become something to celebrate? They definitely aren't Jewish holidays, nor are they my birthday or anniversary.

Can you name Rabanim who allow people to celebrate these holidays? I can tell you that Rav Moshe Feinstein Assured Thanksgiving which has become a national holiday for understandable reasons, being that it began as a Christian one.