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A holiday that celebrates religious freedom won by a small band of Jews agains the mighty Greek/Syrian empire. In a radical break in history, this became ne of the founding principles of the United States - Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free expression of religion.

Lucky for you there's no War on Chanukah, like the War on Christmas that we all have to suffer.

Hebrew Hammer wrote:this became ne of the founding principles of the United States - Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free expression of religion.

I'm fairly certain that's not where it came from.

But Happy Chanukah to you.

A peaceful Chanukah season to you.

edit: I was going to be snarky, but I'm just in a peaceful, holiday kind of mood. Even if I think HH is a creep.

Hope you get nice presents

Happy Chanukah! :)

Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

Fuck you fatass.

kreator wrote:Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer. If not, it may have been Marco n disguise hunting for his nightly beat down.

Jew please.

I can spot a minority a mike away.

Hebrew Hammer wrote:

kreator wrote:Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer. If not, it may have been Marco n disguise hunting for his nightly beat down.

Makes sense, thanks. I was running through Forest Hills area of Queens which has a lot of Jews.

Hebrew Hammer wrote:To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer.

Is that the cover story you guys use when you're searching the streets for fresh man-meat? You sickos disgust me.

kreator wrote:

Hebrew Hammer wrote:

kreator wrote:Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer. If not, it may have been Marco n disguise hunting for his nightly beat down.

Makes sense, thanks. I was running through Forest Hills area of Queens which has a lot of Jews.

Oy! I subletted a co-op for two years on 67th road off of Queens Blvd and my building was at least 90% Jew. BTW, not far from there is Ben's Best Jewish Deli....hands down the greatest Jewish deli in NYC, yet little known. Former mayor Ed Koch's favorite deli....you'd think he would know.

Jackson Heights to Forest Hills has got to be a 20 mile round trip run, no?

Happy Hanukkah!

High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:

kreator wrote:

Hebrew Hammer wrote:

kreator wrote:Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer. If not, it may have been Marco n disguise hunting for his nightly beat down.

Makes sense, thanks. I was running through Forest Hills area of Queens which has a lot of Jews.

Oy! I subletted a co-op for two years on 67th road off of Queens Blvd and my building was at least 90% Jew. BTW, not far from there is Ben's Best Jewish Deli....hands down the greatest Jewish deli in NYC, yet little known. Former mayor Ed Koch's favorite deli....you'd think he would know.

Jackson Heights to Forest Hills has got to be a 20 mile round trip run, no?

Nice. I've run by there a bunch of times but never been in; I'll have to check it out.

And no, Jackson Heights to Forest Hills is only about 2-3 miles away actually.

kreator wrote:

High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:

kreator wrote:

Hebrew Hammer wrote:

kreator wrote:Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer. If not, it may have been Marco n disguise hunting for his nightly beat down.

Makes sense, thanks. I was running through Forest Hills area of Queens which has a lot of Jews.

Oy! I subletted a co-op for two years on 67th road off of Queens Blvd and my building was at least 90% Jew. BTW, not far from there is Ben's Best Jewish Deli....hands down the greatest Jewish deli in NYC, yet little known. Former mayor Ed Koch's favorite deli....you'd think he would know.

Jackson Heights to Forest Hills has got to be a 20 mile round trip run, no?

Nice. I've run by there a bunch of times but never been in; I'll have to check it out.

And no, Jackson Heights to Forest Hills is only about 2-3 miles away actually.

Holy crap.....those livery cabs must have been taking me the long way from Bud's on 82nd street back to Forest Hills!

kreator wrote:

High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:

kreator wrote:

Hebrew Hammer wrote:

kreator wrote:Real question for HH. Just came back from my run - it was pouring rain out btw - and I saw 2 Orthodox Jews standing on a corner. They flagged me down and said "are you Jewish?" - to which I replied... no. And they said nevermind.


Thought it was kinda bizarre and wondered if it has to do with a Chanukah tradition and why they'd be in the rain.

To say full evening prayers, especially if one wants to say a prayer in memory of a family member who recently died, you need ten Jewish men at the prayer service. If you live in a neighborhood with a lot of Jews, they may have stepped out of a service to see if they could grab a tenth Jewish man for a few minutes to allow the prayer. If not, it may have been Marco n disguise hunting for his nightly beat down.

Makes sense, thanks. I was running through Forest Hills area of Queens which has a lot of Jews.

Oy! I subletted a co-op for two years on 67th road off of Queens Blvd and my building was at least 90% Jew. BTW, not far from there is Ben's Best Jewish Deli....hands down the greatest Jewish deli in NYC, yet little known. Former mayor Ed Koch's favorite deli....you'd think he would know.

Jackson Heights to Forest Hills has got to be a 20 mile round trip run, no?

Nice. I've run by there a bunch of times but never been in; I'll have to check it out.

And no, Jackson Heights to Forest Hills is only about 2-3 miles away actually.

As I type this, Ben's Best is on "Diners, Drive In's & Dives."