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Hi Guys, Soylent's Editors do a lot behind the scenes to keep the community going. As a gift idea for them this year, please consider submitting lots of stories over the next two days to get the queue nice and full. Then they'll be able to schedule in their appearance on the home page ahead of time and take Christmas (or Hanukkah) off to spend time with their friends and families.
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Thanks for reading, and have a happy holiday!
[Ed Note: The week between Christmas and New Years is always slow for submissions and time is a precious commodity for all of us. The more subs in the queue, the further out we can get the story queue, and the more time we have to spend with our loved ones. Any help you can give would be appreciated!]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @04:58PM
What the FUCK is Hanukkah?
Hanukkah: a winter holiday that occurs before the winter solstice. According to Hebrew chronology [wikipedia.org], Hanukkah begins on Kislev 25th. During this time, many humans celebrate a myth about a war god recorded in the Scroll of Antiochus [torahlab.org]:
...The House of Chashmonai came to the Beis HaMikdash and rebuilt the gates that had been smashed and repaired the breaches in the walls; they purified the courtyard from the corpses and the impurity. They tried to find clear olive oil with which to light the Menorah, but they could only find a single jar which was sealed with the signet ring of the Kohein Gadol. They knew that it was pure, but there was only enough oil to burn for a single day. The Lord of Heaven, Who causes His name to dwell there, gave a blessing to the oil and they lit from it for eight days. (pp. 19-21)