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Share the Torah This Hanukkah

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americaneulogy

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Posted: 10:15PM Dec 27, 2011

My Torah app is trying to get people to share the Torah on Hanukkah. This is what the website says.

What Is It?
Last year, we started a new Hanukkah tradition: Global Share the Torah Day. On this one day every year, the entire Jewish community, wherever they are in the world, shares what they love about the Torah. It's a simple way we can bring visibility to the story of God's love for us.Why?
It's easy to get caught up in the busy-ness surrounding the holidays and lose sight of what Hanukkah is all about: God preserving His people in the face of persecution. Global Share the Torah Day helps us remind ourselves and others. It also creates great opportunities to start conversations about our faith.How Does It Work?
It's easy. All day on December 28th, simply take a few opportunities to share anything you love about the Torah. Tweet using the hash tag #Torah
. Update your Facebook status. Change your blog or website home page. Visit with someone you meet. And before the end of Hanukkah, we'd love your help in spreading the word. Let your friends know what we're doing, and ask them to join us. (You can even just direct them to this page.)

Stuff to share:
* Your faith. What has God done in your life?
* Your favorite verse. Why? What does it mean to you?
*The Hanukkah story. What are some of your traditions?

So help share the Torah this Hanukkah.

If you are not Jewish, please feel free to PM me with any questions you may have about the Jewish faith.

---This message was edited on 11:26AM Dec 28, 2011---

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Shadows

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Posted: 10:17PM Dec 27, 2011

Haha, very nice. What happened to the Chocolate Bible, though?

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Asha14

Posts: 463

Posted: 10:21PM Dec 27, 2011

Oh. How nice? I wouldn't care if you were setious, but you're just trying to offend people and start trouble.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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americaneulogy

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Posted: 10:26PM Dec 27, 2011

How is the Torah offensive? Hanukkah isn't even over yet.

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rolugomi

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Posted: 10:36PM Dec 27, 2011

There's nothing more offensive about this than any other topic, i dont see a problem.

You came back :)

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Asha14

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Posted: 10:43PM Dec 27, 2011

It wouldn't be offensive if she wasn't making fun of my topic. You just started it to be insulting.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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americaneulogy

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Posted: 10:50PM Dec 27, 2011

But the Torah is a wonderful book. Moses was a good man.

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Shadows

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Posted: 10:50PM Dec 27, 2011

Maybe we should all take a deep breath and lighten up here. Personally, I think this topic was intended to be more humourous than offensive.

(By the way, there's an ad on the side of my screen from goisrael.com. Haha.)

"Time's rushing by me like the wind / Gotta grab each moment that I can / 'Cause I'm never gonna feel like this again"

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bradon182001

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Posted: 11:14PM Dec 27, 2011

Americaneulogy, perhaps you would actually care to share The Hanukkah story and some of your traditions? I am sure there are others, besides myself, who would be interested in learning about your traditions.
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Asha14

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Posted: 12:21AM Dec 28, 2011

I'm sorry I'm in a bad mood.

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Smithy

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Posted: 05:36AM Dec 28, 2011

americaneulogy wrote:

My Torah app is trying to get people to share the Torah on Christmas.

Seems an odd choice of occasion.

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JQPublic

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Posted: 06:28AM Dec 28, 2011

I hope nobody's offended, but I found this funny.

'An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.' - Charles Dickens

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shawneeo

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Posted: 07:51PM Jan 4, 2012

Yes, I didn't find this topic offensive or humorous, but I found it interesting and I thought it was very nice that there was a Torah topic as well as a Bible topic. I know they are both bibles but you know what I mean. Even if this thread were started as a response to the Christian one, I only see it as someone sharing their tradition, not to be offensive or to be funny. I read the whole post with interest because although I was raised Christian, I love reading about other religions!

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jaycr