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[quote=Anonymous]This friggin discussion began on 10/18

Forget hanukah (and purim, and Maimuna) for a minute.

As an American Jew,  am I not entitled to have Thanksgiving  BEFORE we get these fucackte discusssions about trees?  I mean if Christians want to start Christmas before Veterans Day, thats their right, but can't we have turkey first?  When my great grandparents lived in the shtetl they never debated to have a tree or not until the last turkey sandwiches were done, the last pie plate cleaned  - certainly not before the Penn State  Pitt game was decided.  Moses our revered teacher said "You shalt not debate the christmas tree while the gobbler lies before you!"  Rabbi Akiva said - the gobbler - this means not only the turkey but any side dish as well.  His students said - even a roll?  He said "if its a kind of roll that they only have on thanksgiving yes, but if they have it all the time, then no, they may debate the tree"  The  schlitz rav, in his halachic work, the likkutei split, asked "what does this mean all the time?  They may not have dinner rolls at a casual meal, and on shabbat they have challah! From this we learn a family should gather for a family dinner at least once a week (but merit if they do so much more!) If they have the rolls once a week at that dinner, then it is "all the time" and so they may talk about the tree even when leftover rolls from Thanksgiving are around, but if not, not!"  And this custom is kept by Jews of Polish descent, except by the Reform, which is a shande. [/quote]

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