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Originally posted by IrishPhiSig
I don't think any place closes for Hanukah because its a minor Jewish FESTIVAL. You celebrate after work/school. But places would close for Yom Kippur/Rosh Hashana.
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Not to put too fine a point on it but you won't find any non-Jewish-owned businesses, or non-religious Jewish schools that close for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, or Passover for that matter. As if Yom Kippur would ever be a statutory holiday. Last time I checked, mail still came and banks still opened on religious Jewish holidays. Even in New York. Maybe Hanukah was a bad choice of holiday but the intention is right. The reality is that the calendar is FILLED with holidays that not everyone celebrates, or, as it appears, agrees with and/or understands. I could be ticked that the country doesn't shut down on the holidays I celebrate or recognize but instead I'll sit back and enjoy the paid days off I get because other people deem it a worthy day to recognize.
I'd be more than happy to wait a day to get bills in the mail or go to the bank to pay them.
*pass the popcorn*