That's a tradition that's been going on for over 5000 years and no government
has been able to change the timing of Shabbos.

Same for Yom Kipper or Rosh Hashana or Passover.

Kat

(BTW, haven't had a chance to say 'Shanna Tova' I think that's the way I'm
supposed to say it.)


On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:33:01 EDT Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That's right.  And every Jewish holiday begins
> at Sundown usually on a Friday
> night.  Some religions do it by the Lunar date,
> others by the solar date.
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