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Greetings!
In little over a week, on the 20th, the Jewish Holiday period of Chanukah begins and goes on for eight days. Many of us non Jewish folks do not entirely understand too much about this celebration other than the lighting of eight candles and the story about oil lasting eight days. Next weeks Entertainment Notes will cover the very well known and celebrated Christian holiday, "Christmas", and the very little known "Kwansa". In the mean time, I hope you enjoy and gain a little knowledge about the eight candles ritual.
Below is an explanation of the ritual:
The Healing Light of Chanukah Found In:
By Ariel Lee | Prayer
Rabbi Malka Drucker (2002) states that the miracle of Chanukah is not just about a little bit of oil lasting eight days. It is about the inner healing light within each of us. Chanukah is a time when we can celebrate this inner healing light as we move toward wellness.
Chanukah is also about the miracle of survival against all odds, about hope, courage and belief in one's ability to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. This is a powerful symbol that can be used for healing and wellness. This imagery can be used to help people believe that they can overcome obstacles to wellness and healing.
Chanukah Candle-Lighting Blessings
First night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our bodies.
Second night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our minds.
Third night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our souls.
Fourth night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our children.
Fifth night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our parents.
Sixth night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our communities.
Seventh night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the restoration of health and wellness to those who are ill, suffering, or grieving.
Eighth night:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows from this season, we light this candle for the health and wellness of our world.
Shamash:
For the blessing of well-being and transformation that flows through the Shekinah, the Source of Healing Wisdom and Inner Light.
With thanks to Rabbi Malka Drucker, whose Hanukkah teaching can be found at malkadrucker.com.
Used by permission of the author
Sincerely, Thom GoodrichMen's Social Network
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OUT on Wednesday
Don't miss this one -- it is bound to be a Gay Family Christmas Favorite - - -
A whimsical gay romance with a heart of gold, Make the Yuletide Gay follows a young gay couple - Nathan and Gunn - as they face their first Christmas apart. Sweet-natural Gunn has to go right back in the closet to survive the holidays with his wacky Wisconsin parents, and cutie-pie Nathan is preparing to spend another Christmas with his cold-hearted parents. When Nathan surprises everyone by turning up on Gunn's doorstep, the couple is hilariously forced to juggle a hetero charade with their gay reality. With its bright, witty dialogue and handsome cast, Yuletide is on holiday treat you'll want to savor many times over. This is a Great Holiday Film you should not Miss!
Wednesday at the Screening Room at 7:15
Tickets $7.00 (mention MSN for discount) CASH ONLY
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Events of the Coming Week
| Dec 12 | Mon |
| Bowl with our friends, The Prime Timers. Merle can give you all the information you need.
The Monday match starts at 9:30AM, cost is $5.00, this includes 3 games, shoes, ball and a ticket for a free soft drink. You can't beat this deal!! | | Dec 14 | Wed |
| Location: Winterhaven Tucson & Kleindale then to India Oven 2727 N Campbell Ave.
Phone: Please contact Lee & Merlin to attend ASAP! 207-5336
The Winterhaven Christmas lights are a long tradition in Tucson. Senior Pride invites us to join them for a stroll through Winterhaven. We meet at Tucson & Kleindale at 5:30P. Dinner at India Oven on Campbell follows at 7:30P. Come for either or both. | |
| BOTOP Coffee Night, CRAVE Coffee Bar | |
| Limited seating - call for reservation and details. | |
| Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his family. He keeps his cool as his quirky Midwestern-hearted parents try to set him up with his high school sweetheart, Abby. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?
This is a Great Holiday Film you should not Miss!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H19PooygoA | | Dec 15 | Thu |
| Join The Prime Timers group and have some bowling fun. It all begins at 1PM on Thursdays, it costs $5.00 for 3 games and ball, shoes are extra. Contact Merle for more information @ 888-7264. | |
| Triangle Tribe is a topic driven discussion group for gay, bi, and questioning men of all ages. Each week, a group leader presents a topic for discussion. Group leaders and topics generally change weekly.
This group is an outgrowth of the Mankind Project and has met weekly in various forms for the past several years. | | Dec 17 | Sat |
Card GameLocation: Depends on who is hosting -- call host for the day you are interested in playing.7:00pm - 9:00pm Pinochle
| NO PINOCHLE ON FIRST SATURDAY OF MONTH. Then on Second Saturday Contact Jim @ 408-0908; Third Saturday Contact Steve @ 664-2076; Fourth Saturday Contact Marvin @ 745-0304; Fifth Saturday (if there is one!) Contact David 883-7668 | | Dec 18 [52] | Sun |
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| Please contact to attend. Davis wilcoxgay@gmail.com 325-4754
www.vitospizzakitchen.com/
My helper, Christine, ate here with 10 friends and suggested I add it to our Sunday Dinner OUT list. I trust her taste in food and the prices are modest so come join us for something truly different. Order salads or subs and eat--or share--a pizza as we lead up to Christmas! | | Dec 19 | Mon |
| Bowl with our friends, The Prime Timers. Merle can give you all the information you need.
The Monday match starts at 9:30AM, cost is $5.00, this includes 3 games, shoes, ball and a ticket for a free soft drink. You can't beat this deal!! | |
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Second Annual FOOD 4 ART
(Information provided by Joseph Keller -- no formal MSN attendance planned at this time -- please support this project if you can, it is worthwhile.)
Free Admission to UAMA with donation of 2 cans of food
Help the Community Food Bank
and feed your love for art! free admission with donation of at least 2 cans of food
Event dates: Thursday, December 15 - Friday, December 30
(UAMA will be closed Dec. 19, 24 - 27)
Check out the current exhibitions! UAMA Website
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Coming In January
OUT TO LUNCH
WHEN: 1:00PM, JANUARY 04, 2012
WHERE: CAFE A LA C'ARTE
Hi Guys,
After the rush of the Christmas season, there is always that holiday let-down for many. This season, for get about it and let's go OUT TO LUNCH again at Café a La C'Arte on the grounds of the Tucson Museum of Art.
(You will not believe the changes and expansion of Cafe A L C'Arte since our last lunch there.)
Afterward, let's tour the current exhibit, WHO SHOT ROCK AND ROLL. Ava Brook, one of the docents at the museum, will be on hand to give us a guided tour of the exhibit.
Your kind RSVP would be greatly appreciated so I can give a heads up to the great folks at Café a La C'Arte. Contact Joseph @ my new email address joskelx2@gmail.com, or via telephone @ 520-505-6560; or 520-576-4273.
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Lloyd Chapman
(4/20/1936 - 12/5/2011) I went to my old Yahoo email box to check on my email file which I kept on Lloyd Chapman. Lloyd use to keep me supplied with jokes and other email info that he would find or were forwarded to him from friends and relatives -- I have them back to February 2006 up until he became inactive in MSN in May of 2008.
I was also surprised to find a recent email that he sent to me on October 27th, 2011 which I did not know he sent since I haven't looked in that email file in ages - it not being my current active address I use - - it was a Birthday Greeting for me in which he wrote:
Dear Thom,
Many happy returns of your Very Special Day !!
Thought I would let you know that I am now in home Hospice Care - ebd stage emphysema, and no more driving due to the severe macular degeneration. I never hear from any of the old MSN guys, which I hope is still functioning. If you have a minute let them know what is going on with me.
My best, Lloyd I am very upset that I did not "r eceive" this greeting sooner.
All too often we have our friends (and family) right on the top of our minds thinking of them daily but not actually being in contact with them -- time goes by all too fast between "visits" and before we know it the things we might have said are too late to say in person as that person has slipped away from us all too suddenly.
In Lloyds memory, I will post a few of his emails in every e-NEWS that I publish, remembering his charm, wit, smile and love of his family and friends.
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From Lloyd - -
Wednesday, March 8, 2006 6:59 PM
Subject: Grandpa
BEST GRANDPA JOKE OF THE YEAR
A small boy was lost at a large shopping mall.
He approached a uniformed policeman and said,
"I've lost my grandpa."
The cop asked, "What's he like?"
The little boy replied,
"Jack Daniels and women with big boobies."
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- FROM: Lloyd Chapman
Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:20 AM
Subject: The Caves
Two Indians and a Hillbilly were walking in the woods,
all of a sudden one of the Indians ran up a hill to the mouth of a small cave. Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" he called into the cave and then he listened very closely until he heard an answering, "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" He tore off his clothes and ran into the cave. The Hillbilly was puzzled and asked the other Indian what that was all about. Was the other Indian crazy or what? No," said the Indian. "It is our custom during mating season when Indian men see cave, they call 'Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!' into the opening. If they get an answer back, it means there is a girl in there waiting to mate." Just then they saw another cave. the Indian ran up to the opening of the cave, stopped, and hollered, Woooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" Immediately, there was an answering "Wooooo!Wooooo! Wooooo!" from deep inside the cave. He tore off his clothes and ran into the cave. The Hillbilly wandered around in the woods alone for a while, and then he came upon a great big cave. As he looked in, he was amazed at the size of the huge opening, he was thinking, "Oh, man! Look at the size of this cave! It's bigger than those the Indians found. There must be some really big, fine women in this cave!" He stood in front of the opening and hollered with all his might "Wooooo! Wooooo! Wooooo!" He grinned and closed his eyes in anticipation, and then he heard the answering call, "WOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOO!" With a gleam in his eyes and a smile on his face, he raced into the cave, tearing off his clothes as he ran. The following day, the headline of the local newspaper read..... NAKED HILLBILLY RUN OVER BY TRAIN
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