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October
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An
Evening with the Candidates for Abington School Board Come
hear views of the candidates for the Abington School Board,
moderated by the League of Women Voters, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
in the Abington Junior High School Little Theater. This evening
is brought to the public by the Abington Parent Council and
the League of Women Voters. For more information, contact Tina
Cox at 215-886-9707. |
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Fire
Prevention Week Observed the Sunday through Saturday
period in which October 9 falls. Sponsored by the National Fire
Prevention Association: 617-984-7275 or email: public_affairs@nfpa.org.
Web site: www.nfpa.org.
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Yom
Kippur or Day of Atonement. This Jewish holy day
is the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. It begins at
sunset on October 5 and is said by many to be the most important
holiday of the Jewish year. On this day, Jews are to atone
for their sins between them and God during the past year and
devote themselves to prayer (usually in the synagogue), fasting,
and repentance. No work is to be performed on this day. Yom
Kippur occurs on the 10th day of Tishri.
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Sukkot
or Feast of Tabernacles is a Jewish festival of thanksgiving,
harvest, and the remembrance of the Jews who wandered in the
wilderness and lived in temporary shelters after their exodus
from Egypt. The word "Sukkot" means "booths,"
and refers to the temporary dwellings that Jews are commanded
to live in during this holiday. The fifth day after Yom Kippur,
it begins at sunset on October 10. Sukkot lasts for seven days.
The two days following the festival are separate holidays, Shemini
Atzeret and Simkhat Torah, but are commonly thought of as part
of Sukkot. |
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Columbus
Day/Discover Day This day honors all explorers and
commemorates Columbus’ sighting of the New World on October
12, 1492. This federal holiday is celebrated on the second Monday
in October. |
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Shemini
Atzeret This is the closing day of the Jewish festival
of Sukkot. This day of prayer begins at sunset on October 17. |
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Simkhat
Torah This Jewish holiday begins at sunset on the 18th.
The reading of the law (Torah) is concluded and begun anew in
the synagogue. |
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Birth
of the Bab Baha’i observance
of the anniversary of the birth, in 1819, of “the Bab,”
the prophet-herald of the Baha’i faith. One of the nine
holy days of the year where work and school are suspended for
Baha’i's. |
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United
Nations Day This day was established by annual Presidential
proclamation to commemorate the founding of the United Nations
in 1945. Information: 212-963-4475, email inquiries@un.org,
or www.un.org.
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Reformation
Sunday Protestant Christians give thanks to God on
this day for the opportunity to lead lives of faith, instead
of lives of fear. They honor Martin Luther and other Christians
who removed false doctrine and destructive practices from the
Christian church. Although Reformation day is October 31 (see
below), it is observed in Protestant churches the last Sunday
in October. |
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Standard
Time Remember to set your clocks back one hour today. |
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Ramadan
This is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and is the holiest
period of Islam, honoring the revelation of the Koran. October
27 is the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month in which
Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset each day of the entire month.
In the evening, they eat small meals and visit with friends
and family. It is a time of worship and contemplation, a time
to strengthen family and community ties. |
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Halloween
This is the evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day. Traditionally
it is an occasion for carving pumpkins ad masquerading for treat.
Click “Things To Do” for the Glenside Halloween
Safety Party. |
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Reformation
Day This marks the anniversary of the beginning of
the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 1517. It commemorates
the day when Dr. Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic monk and university
professor, posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the door
of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This act was meant
to start an academic debate but triggered the movement in world
history known as the Reformation. |
