chillbo_baggins [he/him]

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Cake day: November 22nd, 2023

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  • This sent me down a rabbit hole, reading about the Kristiania Bohemians. The group had 9 commandments:

    Thou shalt write thine own life.
    Thou shalt sever thy family roots.
    Man kann seine Eltern nie slecht genug behandeln (Thou can not treat thy parents badly enough.). Thou shalt never smite thy neighbor for less than five crowns.
    Thou shalt hate and despise all farmers, such as Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.
    Thou shalt never wear celluloid cuffs.
    Neglect not to make a scandal in the Christiania Theater.
    Thou shalt never repent.
    Thou shalt take thine own life.






  • This is correct. A menorah is a general term for candelabra, a hanukkiah (pron. hah-nu-KEE-ah) is the specific type candelabra used for the holiday Hanukah ceremony. A hanukkiah has 8 lower candles and 1 upper candle (the shamas) for counting the 8 days of hanukah. That said, the terms are pretty interchangeable in modern times.

    I had an uncle tell me this at hanukah decades ago and I thought it was a “fun fact.” Every hanukkiah is a menorah, but not every menorah is a hanukkiah. Y’know?

    src: am jewish