For Christmas, Edward had an inexplicable sense of incongruity.

Although Jesus was Jewish, Jews were not Christmas.

The reason for this is that they have very different views on Jesus.

To be precise, in the eyes of the three major Jesus religions, Jesus is the Messiah, the Messiah, and is truly divine, so he should be given a birthday; But in the eyes of the Jews, Jesus was not a Messiah but just a wise mortal, roughly similar to Aesop or Confucius?

The Messiah comes from the Hebrew word (moshiahch), which agrees with the Greek word Christ (Christ), which literally translates as the anointed one. After a long period of time, christos became chirst (meaning Christ), and continued to derive common names for ordinary people such as chris, Christopher, etc.

Anointing is a religious ritual in which the Prophet pushes oil...... Wrong...... Anointing the candidate's head confirms that he or she is God's chosen person to become a monarch or a priest. In Arabic (masah) it also means to wipe. It can be seen that the three religions have the same origin is not a lie.

Judaism also uses the term to refer to the deliverer of David's lineage, who led the nation of Israel to the glory of David's reign.

Judaism believes that under the Messianic Kingdom, all the people of Israel will return to Jerusalem (including the Messiah will find the lost ten tribes), all the nations will submit to the Lord of Abraham, the Lord of Isaac, and the Lord of Jacob, and the world will usher in peace, and the wicked of the past will be good, and there will be a scene of "the wolf will lie down with the lamb", and the enemy will become a friend.

And it is believed that the Mount of Olives is where the Messianic kingdom began. And before the Messiah comes there will be war and suffering, and after the Messiah comes, he will deliver and heal the Israelites politically and spiritually, bring them back to Israel and rebuild Jerusalem, rebuild the temple, restore the worship of the Most High, restore the old Inquisition and enforce Jewish law, and will establish a government in Israel that will be the center of all the governments of the world, both Jews and Gentiles.

In this sense, it is not surprising that they do not regard Jesus as the Messiah.

Of course, religion seems to be a more efficient thing to believe, but in reality, it usually means the beginning of chaos.

As a casual example, about Judas, one of the twelve apostles. He is notorious in the Gospels for betraying Jesus, but his place in the history of Christianity is extremely controversial. For example, there is an argument that Judas's betrayal led to the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection, and in traditional theology, Jesus died and rose to bring salvation to all mankind—so he was a meritorious man.

Gnosticism went one step further and believed that Judas was the one who brought salvation to mankind, praising him as the best apostle - there is no doubt that Gnosticism was denounced as heresy by the Holy See!

Jewish rabbis debated over the name of the Messiah, and many rabbis and Jews believed that Hezekiah (the most god-respecting one of the ancient kingdoms of Judah and who had overcome the Assyrian invasion) was the Messiah who had come.

But in the end, in the Talmud (the most important text in Judaism after the Jewish Bible, which records Jewish laws, regulations, and traditions), this view is harshly rebuked: "Justice says to the Most High, 'O Lord of the universe!' David king of Israel wrote so many songs of praise to you, and you didn't make him the Messiah, and for Hezekiah, who you did so many miracles for him, and he didn't even write a single song for you, do you want to make him the Messiah? ”

But there can be no doubt that the Messiah must have been a descendant of the clan of Judah (not the disciple Judas) and a descendant of David, for "the scepter does not depart from Judah, and the rod does not depart from his feet." Until the ruler comes, and all nations will be submitted. "At the end of your days will sleep with your fathers, and I will raise up a descendant after you, the son of your father; I will strengthen his kingship. He will build a house for my name; I will strengthen his throne forever. ”

Because the nation of Israel had been persecuted and adrift, the Jews desperately hoped for the coming of the Messiah and that the nation of Israel would be recaptured and given to the nation of Israel by the Lord.

As a result, modern Israel and Zionism are believed to have delayed the Messianic coming, and many devout Jews rejected the secular state of Israel, even more than one of the surrounding religions.

Among them, the behavior of the Haredians is the most ironic, they hate the secular state of Israel, but there are a whole 70w of believers living in this country with a dead face, holding the Jewish Bible on the one hand, and extremely repulsive to secular life on the other, and even refusing to serve in the military, by the way, because of this group of goods boycotting modern technology, this group has almost 0 GDP contribution, and paying taxes is not to be counted on!

Israel has a population of 900w, but this time, the Haredians with a population of 70w in the **** Central District contributed half of the infected people in Israel.

Hasid, a less extreme branch of the Jews, believed that "if all Israel had repented for only one day, the Son of David would have come immediately." If Israel keeps the Sabbath well, the Son of David will come immediately" So, in accordance with the instructions of the Talmud, Hasid sent the Jews to carry out a large-scale propaganda campaign in Israel, hoping that the whole people would strictly observe the Jewish law in order to bring about the early coming of the Messiah.

In short, in the eyes of Jews, Christmas is a very heretical holiday.

However, considering that in real history, Jews themselves have often been forced to play heretic roles, so that they can remain at peace with the heretical festivals.

Especially for Edward's second and third generations of Judah, this problem does not exist.

After all, Christmas is the mainstream of the country, and at the end of the year, the strong festive atmosphere will envelop people into it.

Jews, who have always been flexible, are flexible about this.

Anyway, in December there is also an important Jewish festival - Hanukkah, and it lasts for eight days.

So many times, Jews also half-pushed and half-baked themselves to decorate Hanukkah.

Anyway, as long as the nine-branch candlestick and the four-sided spinning top are there, it is Hanukkah.

After 2,000 years of exile, the Jews were able to maintain their faith and integrate into the local community.

Of course, those who can't do this either don't have the opportunity to leave a descendant, or they become part of the local civilization entirely, and if they are unfortunate enough to be born in Europe, then the former is much more likely to be born, and if they are in Asia......

For example, the so-called "Jews" in Kaifeng, China......

Let's put it this way, they are inherited by patrilineal blood, which is already a serious violation of the Basic Law......

This makes someone have to sigh at the strong assimilation power of Chinese civilization, there is no shouting and shouting and killing, but after a long time, you will become me......

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Faced with the call, Edward had no choice but to rush back to New York.

There's no way, I still have to listen to my mother's words.

What's more, these days, the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren has become closer and closer.

Although the final result of the battle in the nursing home has not yet been decided, listening to the meaning of Mizrasi Rabi's words, it seems that he has privately brought the account book to old Nizo to show off.

And the old Nizo (Mizrasi Rabi), who has always been cheeky and does not admit his account, still has nitroglycerin under his tongue when he looks at the account book.

In fact, Dammy's grades are also good, relying on his beautiful face to persuade the old immortals to agree to pay more service management fees, and this affinity is no one.

Edward couldn't imagine how two cunning guys could show each other's grandchildren, which is probably human nature.

In short, although the March period has not yet arrived, the other party has already admitted defeat.

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On the evening of December 24, 1968, the Mizrasi Rabi family celebrated Hanukkah under a glittering Christmas tree.

There was a half-roast turkey on the table, and Edward was a little allergic to it.

Nominally chicken, but does it taste good......

Let's put it this way, when he was a child in his last life, he used to have a big and beautiful fantasy about this creature, mainly watching those Western film and television dramas, every Christmas there is always a huge turkey that looks very delicious as the main course.

It was the 80s, and even in the big cities, the supply of non-staple food was still a problem, and although the housewives were thrifty enough to ensure that their meals were fishy, the visual impact and mental pressure of the huge roast turkey with a belly full of ingredients were enough to make people have extremely beautiful fantasies about it.

I think it's the best thing in the world, but that's probably it......

Later, when I had the opportunity to taste it, I realized that it made sense why this kind of poultry, which has a high meat yield and is very easy to raise, has not been farmed on a large scale in China.

Basically, normal Chinese people have absolutely no interest in touching it a second time after eating it once.

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Fortunately, after he passed a series of cases, he proved his ability, and by the way, he also improved his voice in the family.

In addition to turkey, there are apples and dumplings on the table.

It can be regarded as a small contribution to the export of Chinese culture.

Although the dumplings are like that, the turkey meat, which is more flavorful than the meat, is more fishy than the meat.

As for Apple...... Eating apples on Christmas Eve is also part of the new folklore......

There was no prayer before the meal.

But light up the nine candles that are inserted in the same candlestick.

Hanukkah commemorates the recapture of Jerusalem by Judas Vest from the Syrians and the rebuilding of the Second Temple.

It is said that after the victory over the enemy, the Jews' olive oil could only last for one day, but a little oil burned for eight days, until the Jews found a new olive oil to add to it on the ninth day.

So that's why Hanukkah lasts for eight days.

However, with the advancement of technology, lighting candles has also been simplified, and Mizrasirabi, although old, is very receptive to new things, and now uses electronic candles, to put it bluntly, nine small flashlights......

After Christmas dinner...... Wrong...... After the Hanukkah meal.

The family began to play with the Hanukkah spinning top, which has four faces, each with a Yiddish alphabet written on each side.

It corresponds to four people in the family, and each person takes out some change, and whoever the spinning top letters turn to, who wins.

In a small family, it is also happy.

My grandfather, in particular, insisted that Jews must eat and drink well during the holidays, and for him, the butter cookies baked by his old woman were the most delicious food in the world.

Once the old man doesn't want to lie down and play tricks, the effect will be very good.

The other three looked at each other, and had no choice but to acquiesce in his behavior of constantly stuffing cookies into his mouth, and finally ended up with his grandmother giving the old man insulin herself.

After the show, despite Mrs. Josephine's retention, he returned to the small building.

He was very supportive of his father-in-law: "If you have hardened your wings, you should leave your parents, and I have already left Europe to explore the New World at his age." ”

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Lying alone on the covers, he felt a little lonely, and he wondered if he was going to call Yelena or Megan or something.

But the bell rang.

He was overjoyed and picked it up.

"May I ask if it's Edward Young......" A female voice came from the other end, unfamiliar, but it seemed to have been heard somewhere.

"I am, excuse me, ...... you?"

"I, I...... I'm Beth Harmon"