{"id":132,"date":"2009-12-30T22:05:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T22:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/homeshuling\/2009\/12\/blue-moon-shmoo-moon.html"},"modified":"2009-12-30T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T22:05:45","slug":"blue-moon-shmoo-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/homeshuling\/2009\/12\/blue-moon-shmoo-moon.html","title":{"rendered":"Blue moon, shmoo moon….."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>People are really jazzed up about the blue moon occurring on New Year’s Eve. What is a blue moon, you may ask (besides a song that was featured in the movie of Grease, but not the Broadway production?) It’s the second full moon in one month.<\/p>\n

I must admit, this hullaballoo reminds me that I find the Gregorian calendar just, well, stupid. There’s not much about Judaism that strikes me as logical, but the calendar<\/a>? Very much so. Marking months by the phases of the moon — new moon means a new month, full moon means the middle of a month, and once again, back to a new moon and a new month — is so darn grounding in its predictability.<\/p>\n

If I were going to make a New Year’s resolution (and how can I do that with my head held high after deriding the Gregorian calendar??) it would be to start following the lunar cycle with my girls – going outside, looking at the moon, and recording what we see. Make a fuss over rosh chodesh. (Currently, I make hard-boiled eggs. Really.)<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to see if I keep the resolution I’m not making for the holiday I’m not celebrating.<\/p>\n

Oh, and by the way, Happy New Year.<\/p>\n

\"shaken,<\/a> <\/p>\n

shaken, not stirred<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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