#DearTeachers,

The #Christian #holiday of Yom #Easter is approaching.

Since it always falls on Firstday and often falls during #Pesach Break, as it does this year, you may not be aware that our Christian students are celebrating this Christian holiday. Christians commemorate the execution of the Christian prophet, Yeshu, on Yom “Friday” Ha’Tov (Sixthday this week).

1/17

RT @jewwhohasitall: #DearTeachers,

I hope your #Pesach preparations are proceeding apace! As we all prepare for Pesach, some of our #Christian students and staff may be preparing for their own week of holidays, which, however, does not coincide with Pesach.

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#DearTeachers,

I hope your #Pesach preparations are proceeding apace! As we all prepare for Pesach, some of our #Christian students and staff may be preparing for their own week of holidays, which, however, does not coincide with Pesach.

The week commemorates the last week before the Christian prophet Yeshu's execution.

1/21

#DearTeachers,

During the #busy #holiday #season it is important we not overlook our #Christian #minority in their celebration of Yom Saint Patrick Ha’Kadosh.

Although it coincided with Purim last year, Yom Saint Patrick Ha’Kadosh is not the Christian Purim.

1/14

#DearTeachers,

Tomorrow some of your Christian students may be observing the Christian holiday of Yom Saint Valentine Ha’Kadosh, more commonly known as Christian Tu B’Av.

It is one of their important religious ‘Feast Days’ that even the least frum observe.

The holiday falls on Shvat 23rd this year, which is 14 Febuairiy according to the #Christian #holy #calendar #of #Pope #Gregory.
1/9

#DearTeachers,

This week some Christian students may be absent during the #Christian #holiday of #Candlemas.

It falls on the second day of the “Gregorian” month of Febuairy each year; this year, the date falls on Shevat 11th. Consult https://gregcal.com for the date of Candlemas in future years.
1/5

#DearTeachers,

I can hardly believe I am writing to you again, but we are finally at the final holiday in the #Christian #Holiday #Season.

(No wonder Geveret Di Pasquale looks so tired— she must be exhausted from all the yom tov prep!)

This chag is the 12th day of the #Christmas season, best known as Yud Bet Christmas. #Christians often call it “Epiphany”. Some #Christian minhags state that Yom #Epiphany is the day after Yud Bet Christmas, thus Yud Bet Christmas may be Erev Epiphany.

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#DearTeachers,

Some of your students may be requesting a day off to celebrate the Chag Milat Yeshu, also known as the Pope Gregory Rosh Hashanah, and is observed by Christian people as the #Christian #NewYear.

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RT @JewWhoHasItAll@twitter.com

Full thread on: https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109433251912315043

#DearTeachers,

We are still weeks away from #Chanukah (even though sufganiyot have already been on bakery shelves for weeks! WHY??), but we are entering into what our #Christian friends refer to as "The Christian Holiday Season."

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JewWhoHasItAll/status/1597970713691926529

QRT #JWHIA #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter: https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109506878041494663

Heads up before I launch into the thread: due to family events I won't be available for at least a week, maybe 2 or 3, which means a (short) Jewterpretor hiatus. I'm mostly finished with the Dear Teachers letter, so I'll post what I have. If you've followed me for awhile, you've seen some of this before.

Bo'u nelech! (=let's go, roughly)

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I don't know how to use Mastodon to get this #DearTeachers thread about #Christmas the boosting it deserves, but I'll try. As a #secular #Christian, I found myself alternating between laughing hysterically and feeling (deservedly) dope slapped. Enjoy: https://transportation.social/web/@jewwhohasitall@babka.social/109506878044980809

#DearTeachers,

As some of you may know, if you have any students in your class who identify as Christian, they may ask to be excused from school to observe the Christian holiday of “#Christmas,” more popularly referred to as Yom Christmas or Nittel.

🧵: 1/x

QRT: https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109461363220345793

Oy vey! I barely finished the last #JWHIA #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter, and I haven't even finished writing the “secular” thread (and have posted exactly none of it), and here we go with a brand new #SchoolLetter! Ein shalom laresha’im, nachon? (= “no rest for the wicked, right?”) (FYI I didn’t get that checked by a language informant & I’m not confident at all what the right tag question (e.g. nachon vs ken vs lo etc.) is here, commentary is very welcome!)

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#DearTeachers,

The next holiday in the #Christian #Holiday #Season is Yom Saint Nikolas Ha’Kadosh. The holiday observes the yahrzeit of ancient Christian tzaddik Saint Nikolas Ha’Kadosh.

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Mandelbaum/Mandelboim = 1. almond tree; 2. somewhat common Ashkenazi Jewish surname

FIN!

(Thread on "secular" is coming in the next couple days, but I'll create a whole new thread for that one as a QRT of one of the JWHIA replies buried underneath her original #DearTeachers thread.)

Total: 74/74

Caveat in advance: I’m not a religious expert (on any religion), and there is a lot in the rest of this thread about religious holidays and customs. But I go where the language takes me, so I’ve done my best but I'd be surprised if I didn't get something wrong or confused. Please add corrections/ clarifications/ context as necessary.

Onward to #JWHIA #DearTeachers toot 4/10!

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I've been working on the rest of last week's @jewwhohasitall #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter in bits and pieces over the last few days. Heads up that I'm about to post a truly large number of toots in this thread. Not sure how many it will be. Shall we make it a (short-lived) poll? Total number of toots in this thread will be:

Alright #MedinatAmericans and other friends! More translations from #JWHIA's most recent #DearTeachers #SchoolLetter. Question of the day: can I get through the first tweet of her thread? 🤔 Let's find out together, shall we?

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QRT @jewwhohasitall https://babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/109433251912315043

A new #JWHIA #SchoolLetter, #DearTeachers this time. And only 10 toots long, a walk in the park after the last one (53 tweets on twitter 🤩😦)! Will still probably take a few+ days to roll the whole thing out, there’s a lot to cover here. But it does mean I’ll finally get to the long-promised thread on “secular!”

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#DearTeachers,

We are still weeks away from #Chanukah (even though sufganiyot have already been on bakery shelves for weeks! WHY??), but we are entering into what our #Christian friends refer to as "The Christian Holiday Season."

Did you know that #Christians have more #chagim than just Yom Saint Francis Ha’Kadosh?

Surprisingly, in countries like #MedinatVatican, the #HolidaySeason is beginning now!

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