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From: zebediah <zebediah@centurion.flash.net>
Subject: Re: Chanuka Art?
Date: 1997/12/12
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To: naenia@geocities.com
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naenia wrote:
> 
> Zeus Simeoni wrote:
> >
> > Krogg wrote:
> > >
> > > Chip Harman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Isn't there some ASCII art for Chanuka (which starts Dec 23rd)?
> > > Ive heard of Newyears,Xmas,Christmass,Quanza and Hanuka ,but what is
> > > Chanuka about?
> >
> > Chanuka, (spelled chanookie to me) is the proper spelling of Hanuka, from
> > what I've heard. Hence the people sending the Manureas, and the witches'
> > stars without the circles.
> 
> Sorry, the witches' star is 5 pointed, the Jewish star is 6 pointed...
> witches' star is technically a pentagram.
> Jewish star is a sextagram.
> 
> naenia (who is neither pagan nor jewish)

Besides, Channuka is translitterated from a completely different
alphabet, and can therefore be spelled a number of ways.  The same is
true of Menorah, the Jewish candelabrah.

Both the five- and the six- pointed star were found on Solomon's temple,
but so were pomegranites (sp?) and other doo-dads.  Now, however,
confusing them would probably offend most jews and witches.

--zeb (who is both).
 

"A life without food, without shelter, without love,
a life lived in the rain--this is nothing beside a life
without poetry."    --the Squirrel