Saturday, December 25

[cellio]

This morning we read about the birth of our greatest prophet, who miraculously survived at a time when an evil king had ordered newborn children killed, and who grew up to become a great leader after many trials.

Yes, today was parshat Sh'mot, the first five chapters of the book of Exodus.

Comments

[kayre]

Fascinating that that reading falls on that particular day.

[cellio]

It's an unlikely (but obviously not impossible) intersection of the secular/solar and Jewish/adjusted-lunar calendars. The Jewish calendar is running "early" this year; we usually don't get to Sh'mot until early January. And, of course, Christmas doesn't usually fall on a Saturday.