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Give the Poor Girl a Hat

This (Hebrew) month is named Cheshvan No more Jewish holidays, all done with the fun A bit of sadness in that So we Jews give poor Cheshvan a 'hat' We call her "Mar Cheshvan," the "Mar" meaning 'Mister' Though when Kislev comes and the dreidels whir Poor "Mister Cheshvan" ~ No one misses her _____________________________________________ 'Ch' in 'Cheshvan' is pronounced like 'Ch' in 'Channukah.' Kislev is the name of the month after Cheshvan Channukah always starts on the 25th of Kislev Dreidels are a Channukah toy

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Date: 10/31/2022 12:50:00 PM
You are giving us so much info and I thank you!
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Date: 10/27/2022 9:26:00 PM
So, you give just due to transgender folks, I take it, as symbolized by putting a hat on Cheshvan and calling her "Mar Cheshvan?"
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