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It's a trap: Gloucester temple celebrates Channukah
By adamg on Tue, 12/12/2017 - 7:57pm
— Lily Goldman (@LZahavish) December 12, 2017
Lily Goldman shows us the lighting of Temple Ahavat Achim's lobster-trap menorah tonight, ten years after an eight-alarm fire destroyed the temple building.
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Ack!
And ugh!
But if you have to get an Admiral Ackbar pun in, and clearly you did, then grudging respect.
And mazel tov to the congregation!
Lobsters aren't kosher so it
Lobsters aren't kosher so it seems odd to have a menorah made out of lobster traps. But hey, when in Gloucester....
Guess you wouldn't like the
Guess you wouldn't like the lobster trap tree by the police station either. If your not from Gloucester you don't get it.
Baited with Latkes?
I'm in.
Ha!
I love that this congregation uses traps that catches non-kosher food to celebrate a religious holiday.
Couple of things
First, it's just eating the stuff you're not supposed to do; it's not like there's some prohibition against anything having to the animals that produce the food you can't eat - you can collect shells at the beach to your heart's content even if you're not allowed to eat clam chowder; you can even play in your conservative temple's football league, the one that uses regulation pigskin footballs.
Second, although there's a religious component to Channukah (the oil burning for eight days and all), it's really not a religious holiday. It's more akin to July 4th - it celebrates the overthrow of colonial masters.
Bonus third: I mean, Gloucester. We know what that city's known for, right?
And 4th point:
Not all Jews keep kosher.