# jews sacrificing article

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 15, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128 "2007-05-15T01:43:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![atmwool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@atmwool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atmwool)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/1 "2007-05-15T01:43:59Z")

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thanks. that was an insightful read. put a link back here.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/2 "2007-05-15T03:24:20Z")

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No question that a link would be helpful. 😕

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/3 "2007-05-15T03:31:18Z")

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Maybe it’s [this one.](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/msacrifice.html)

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/4 "2007-05-15T10:52:43Z")

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Wow when Dex says

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> But I can’t just give a one-sentence answer. So here’s the longer version.

he \*really \*means it! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/5 "2007-05-15T14:39:35Z")

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Jews sacrifice articles now? There’s just no stopping 'em.

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/6 "2007-05-15T15:14:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Priceguy]  
Jews sacrifice articles now? There’s just no stopping 'em.  
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Judaism – more to the point, the Hebrew language – has always sacrificed the articles “a” and “an”; the article “the” is more of a specifier. :j

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-sacrificing-article/404128/7 "2007-05-15T17:59:24Z")

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Thanks for the kind words, **atmwool** … welcome to the Message Boards, and we hope you stick around!