Perl is not only a programming language but also a religion
This creates a problem when one wants to discuss the state of worshipping in the context of Perl.
bless is a reserved word in Perl, and it has a specific technical meaning.
Roget’s Thesaurus came to my rescue. It offered me three alternative words: hallow, consecrate, sanctify.
Now we can start hallowing whatever is holy and sacred in the magnificent language Perl.
Interesting.
So that's where Halloween a.k.a “All Hallow's Eve” comes from. It's called “ליל כל הקדושים” in Hebrew (”Leyl Kol Hakdoshim” - “the night of all the saints”, or “the night of all the holy people”).
A Russian hacker I talked to on IRC (who now lives in Moscow) claimed that after the Glasnost, they started celebrating All Hollow's Eve in a similar way to the well-known American way. Back in the Soviet reign, celebrating Christian festivals was a big no-no, so the Russians may have completely forgot how to do this properly.
I'm a Jewish Atheist who doesn't normally go to the synagogue, but tend to remember (or at least be reminded about) Jewish holidays. Israelis have feasts on Passover and Rosh-Hashana and Shavu'oth, and other such holidays. An Jewish American FOSS developer I have worked with who is slightly traditional claimed that on Rosh Hashana they just go to the synagogue and pray. But I talked with a different Jewish American who is religious, and he told me that the Holiday Feast was an integral part of every Jewish occasion.
Does anyone know if Jewish prayers are a custom or an order (מצווה) from the Torah?
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