December 15, 2006 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Five things you don’t know about me…

By Peter Ould Posted on December 15, 2006 Posted in Lighter Things

Blame Ruth Gledhill When I was 15 I was seriously, life-threateningly ill. I had meningitis and encephalitis at the same time. I was unconscious for a week and it set me back developmentally a year or two. But God had …

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First night of Channukah

By Peter Ould Posted on December 15, 2006 Posted in Chanukkah, Tradition

Tonight is the first night of Channukah. Channukah is a celebration of the victory of Judas Maccabees over the Greek/Syrian Emperor who had desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem by sacrificing a pig to Zeus on the altar. The rebellion eventually …

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Day: 15 December 2006

Five things you don’t know about me…

First night of Channukah