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#DearStaff,

#Chag #Purim sameach to everyone!

As you may have noticed, as your Christian colleagues ask for numerous days off again, we are now in the midst of yet another #Christian #holiday #season.

1/27
As we all celebrate Purim, Christians are celebrating the Christian holiday of Christian Purim! Christian Purim is observed the last day before the beginning of the Second Christian Omer, which is also called Christian Elul.

2/27
The #Pope #Gregory #calendar used by #Christians is manipulated to ensure that Christian Purim always takes place on Third Day (which is referred to by Christians as “Tuesday”).

3/27
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The Omer begins tonight—this time of wandering and waiting, marking the time until we arrive at the foot of a mountain, at a moment of revelation. This year, we count these days with a different sort of anxiety, hour by hour, unsure of where we are going or when we will arrive. 1
But the Omer begins in chesed—chesed in chesed. Kindness upon kindness, grounded in kindness. And this is the clue, the guide to the entire journey. 2/
We may not know where we are going, we may not know when we will get there. But we will travel with kindness, towards one another, and towards ourselves. 3/ #Passover2020 #omer #omercount
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