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January 6 according to the Gregorian Calendar adjusted by 13 days inclusive which is not a shabbos.
Nittel on December 24th, from sunset until midnight. This year it’s on Shabbos.
Huju, the Gemara refers to the game of Nardshir, as is a good mind stimulant. Rashi explains this as Chess.
The assumption is that it is a reference to the Persian king, Ardshir, who might have picked up the game from India.
Wait. So maybe the Matanos that Avraham Avinu sent along with those he sent eastward was a new set of games.
Goldilocks, Pope Gregory in 1582 adjusted the calendar by removing 10 days and declaring that century years must not only be divisible by 100 but also by 400 to be a leap year such that years 1700, 1800 and 1900 lost a day making currently 10 + 3 = 13 days difference, so Nitel is Jan 5 night and not Jan 24 night.
I though he was to addicted to pinball to care about chess.
> refers to the game of Nardshir, as is a good mind stimulant. Rashi explains this as Chess.
Nardshir from Persian Narde, is backgammon and indeed a reference to Ardshir king. So, Rashi got the history right, but not the right game. Wiki brings this Gemroah as the first historical reference to the game. I thikn chess and backgammon are different enough to be confused or exchange names.
Ardshir is a Persian version of Xerxes, so maybe a hidden reference to Ahsahverosh?!
RebE, Nittel Nacht seems to be referenced in writing from 17th century, so we do not have a tradition of following it by Julian calendar. Maybe countries that accepted Gregorian calendar later could have this tradition: British/Russian/Ottoman empires, some Swiss, Saudi Arabia ..
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