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"Yom Saint Patrick Ha'Kadosh is the yahrzeit of Saint Patrick Ha'Kadosh, a Christian tzaddik who died on 20 Adar II, 4221.

"His yahrzeit is celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar on 17 March, which this year falls on 14 Adar II until chatzot of 15 Adar II.

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"Christian-Americans who follow Irish minhagim may also observe the holiday of Yom Saint Patrick Ha'Kadosh with a street parade of other Irish-Christian families, perhaps organized by a local Christian shul that davens according to Nusach Irlandi.

"Some cities with large populations of Irish-Christians, like Chicago, even indulge them by granting petitions to dye their rivers green for Yom Saint Patrick Ha'Kadosh.

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"On Yom Saint Patrick Ha'Kadosh it is traditional to drink copious amounts of Irish beer, which has a special harp-shaped hechsher to indicate it is kosher for yom tov.

"Some beers may be tinted green in honor of the yom tov.

"There is no obligation to drink until you no longer recognize the name of St. Patrick Ha'Kadosh."

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-- Jew Who Has It All (JewWhoHasItAll), 2022-03-16 [JewWhoHasItAll is a satirical account; she lives in an alternate US where Judaism is the dominant religion, the one whose calendar everyone uses, whose holidays and customs everyone knows, and Christianity is a minority faith whose calendar seems confusing and whose customs non-Christians often try to explain in a confused or half-understood way. Another account, Jewsplainer (JWhoKnowsItAll), explains vocabulary and context for bits that non-Jewish readers might not be familiar with, and steps in to explain to especially perplexed people what universe JewWhoHasItAll lives in, and the purpose of the account. ( quick what's-going-on-here thread, 3 tweets; and tweet-by-tweet-explanation, 12 tweets) Highly recommended.]

Chag Purim sameach and happy St. Patrick's Day, to everyone celebrating at least one of those!

Today is
Gregorian: 2022 March 17 -- St. Patrick's Day
Roman: 2775 16th day before April Kalends
Julian: 2022 March 04
Hebrew: 5782 Adar II 14 -- Purim
Islamic: 1443 Sha'ban 13
Persian: 1400 Esland 26
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.9.6.13
Indian (civil): 1943 Phalguna 26
Coptic: 1738 Paremhat 08
Discordian: 3188 Discord 03