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Good point, David, it's out by one day this year. Hillel II uses a fixed 19‑year Metonic cycle with predetermined leap years (years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19). variation can apparently be up to 30days. This 'new' Jewish calendar has been fixed since 838 CE.

Japanese-Language Playlist Files for the 2026 Memorial Season View File The attached ZIP file contains Japanese-language playlist files created by a friend of mine and shared with his permission. 1. These files have been scanned with Windows Defender. Even so, please be sure to scan them for viruses before using them. Please use them at your own discretion and responsibility. 2. Each playlist uses the following files: a. Unedited MP3 files of Bible readings produced by the Watch Tower Society b. Images from chapters 101–135 of the Japanese “Jesus-The Way” book, downloaded from JW.ORG c. Privately created MP3 files announcing the date and publication title, produced using AITalk 3 3. Reference Materials - “2026 Memorial Bible Reading Schedule” - B12-A and B12-B in nwtsty 4. Differences The portions for Nisan 10 and the day of the Memorial follow B12-A and B12-B in nwtsty. Submitter lvj Submitted 03/30/2026 Category Other / Miscellaneous  

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/israeli-police-stop-latin-patriarch-of-jerusalem-from-entering.html

There is an African proverb that says "when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled."

Ordinary people suffer because of the war.

Why Clark Howard Was Wrong About Dollar Tree’s Price Changes https://clark.com/shopping-retail/why-clark-howard-was-wrong-about-dollar-trees-price-changes/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=ClarkDailyNewsletter&_bhlid=479712e126c3c8862df0f2c259d85447ad2072ba Is It a Good or Bad Idea To Buy a Rental Car? https://clark.com/cars/should-i-buy-a-rental-car/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=ClarkDailyNewsletter&_bhlid=fa7e7a80ff63c3f9b0da91fc2c9b00fcba3ea2f3

Except when the pope agrees with the war.

I used a '3rd party's syncing process that combined (synced) all the notes files across my 3 devices. It also could not handle playlists. Fortunately, I picked this up during my 'personal testing' time. Hence, I always have an 'export' of all my playlists in a seperate folder. In this way, I keep a seperate backup of them all. It sounds like you did some extensive exploring. I am sure one day, there will be a 'syncing' step. And one day there will be a way to transfer the library to a new device, and keep all the download items as well. In the meantime, I enjoy watching the growth.

@PantherDave Try JWLManager. You can load your backup and simply re-save under a different name. That may fix some db errors. If not, you can delete images from your playlists (individually or the whole list at once) to try to narrow it down. I hope that helps ;-)

The Pope says Jesus is their God, but fails to understand who Jesus is and, more importantly, who his father is. He is just another blind guide.

Source Might put a few noses out of joint...

Dear brothers and sisters, Please imagine for a moment that you are sitting on an airplane. It is cramped. The air is calm, but suddenly a tension arises that you can almost touch… A woman—about fifty years old—sits down. Next to her sits a man with dark skin. And what happens next deeply shakes us… With disgust on her face, she calls the flight attendant. Her words are harsh. Hurtful. Dehumanizing. She basically says: “I can’t sit next to someone like that…” How must this man have felt? Quiet. Observed. Devalued. As if he were worth less… Maybe he said nothing. Maybe he just remained silent. But inside? Inside, a heart can break in such moments. But then something happens that touches us deeply… The flight attendant returns. And with a calm voice, she says that there actually is still one seat available… in first class. And then—this unexpected turn: Not the woman is moved. But the man. With dignity. With respect. With a recognition that had been denied to him for so long. And suddenly the other passengers stand up… and applaud. Why? Because they felt: Something right has happened here. Here, a person was not judged by his skin color… but seen as a human being. Dear brothers and sisters… Why does this story touch us so much? Because it addresses a deep need that we all have: to be seen. To be loved. To be accepted. Not because of our appearance… not because of our background… not because of our mistakes… …but because of who we are in our heart. And this is exactly where we see how different Jehovah is. In a world that judges so quickly… in a world that thinks in categories… in a world that evaluates people by outward appearances… …Jehovah looks deep within. He sees things that no human can see. He sees the heart. He sees the pain that no one notices. He sees the tears that are shed in secret. He sees the struggles that we fight inside. And he does not say: “What do you look like?” He asks: “Who are you really?” And isn’t that comforting? Because if we are honest… we all carry something within us that is not perfect. Maybe we sometimes feel not good enough. Maybe we compare ourselves with others. Maybe we have already experienced how people misjudged us… And how much that hurts… But Jehovah? He never makes that mistake. He does not evaluate us by our “color”—neither outwardly nor inwardly. And this brings us to the moving poem at the end of the story… A person describes: “When I was born, I was black… As I grew, I was black… When I go into the sun, I am black… When I am sick, I am black… When I die, I will be black…” Constant. Unchanging. And then he describes the other: “You were pink… then white… In the sun you turn red… When you are cold, you turn blue… When you are afraid, you turn green… When you are sick, you turn yellow… And when you die, you will be gray…” And then he asks this profound question: “And you dare to call me colored?” Dear brothers and sisters… Isn’t that revealing? How often people turn things around… how often they judge… without truly understanding… But Jehovah sees the truth. And his viewpoint changes everything. Just imagine what the world would look like… if every human saw the way Jehovah sees… No prejudice. No devaluation. No division. Only love. Only respect. Only genuine interest. And that is exactly what we are invited to do. Not just to find this story beautiful… …but to learn from it. How do we see others? Do we only see the outward appearance? Or do we make an effort to recognize the heart? Do we judge quickly? Or do we take time to understand? Do we exclude people? Or do we open our heart? Dear brothers and sisters… Every person we meet carries a story within. Some carry wounds that cannot be seen. Some carry pain they never express. And sometimes… it takes just a single moment of love… to heal a heart. Maybe a kind word. A sincere smile. A listening ear. Or simply… respect. Just as this man on the airplane suddenly received respect. And maybe… that moment was unforgettable for him. Maybe for the first time he felt: “I am valuable.” And that is exactly what Jehovah wants every person to feel. You too. Me too. No matter where we come from. No matter how we look. No matter what we have experienced. To Jehovah, we are precious. Infinitely precious. And when we begin to see others with these eyes… …then something changes. Then our world becomes a little brighter. A little more loving. A little more like the way Jehovah wants it to be. Dear brothers and sisters… Let us never forget: True greatness is not shown by standing above others… …but by lifting others up. True beauty is not found in outward appearance… …but in the heart. And true love does not recognize differences in skin color, background, or past… …but simply sees the human being. And maybe… if we act that way… …one day someone will stand up because of us… …not to judge… …but to applaud. Because love has won. Thank you.

Don't follow NFL, but if a team was to be picked, than Philly Eagles, as they have a player who played for my NRL team South Sydney Rabbitohs, Jordan Mailata. Big boy, and having seen him player in the lower grades, he would have been menacing to stop.

You’re correct that the modern Jewish calendar uses a fixed system tied to Hillel II. No argument there. But saying it’s “one day out”? That’s oversimplifying it. The difference isn’t fixed. It moves. It depends on how that calculated calendar lines up with the actual new moon and the spring equinox. Some years it might look like a day. Other years, it won’t. You’ve got two different systems working from two different approaches—you can’t expect them to land on the same mark every time. So yeah, the methods are different. But that one-day idea? That doesn’t really hold up.

My wife would probably say "why would spend all that time and money just to send humans to another planet when we have a good planet here for us already." My response will be: "We have all the time, and we haven't use money for squillions of years, and we have been assigned to the planet "Risa" by WHQ."

The modern Jewish calendar is one day out from the biblical one that we use, so Jewish Passover occurs the day before ours. The modern Jewish Rabbinic calendar uses the Hillel II system.

Egypt was a land where many gods were worshiped. Certain animals were viewed as gods; others were considered to be sacred to specific ones of the Egyptian gods.

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Hi friends! My primary JW Library device is my Android phone, and I have many notes, highlights and playlists since going way back. I remember years back I would be able to do a backup then restore onto Windows and vice versa. Sometimes I just prefer to study on a device with a larger screen, proper keyboard, etc. Well, at some point my data restore on Windows stopped working. I simply get the error: "Restore Failed. There is something wrong with the backup file." I have no problems with this on any Android devices, and this issue has now persisted across various PCs on Windows 10 and 11. Seems like a system compatibility issue. In my troubleshooting, I discovered .jwlibrary is a .zip file in disguise. The most interesting file inside the backup is userData.db, which is a SQLite3 database. It's pretty fascinating to browse! As you'd expect, the brothers sure did put a lot of thought into organizing our data, even including timestamps on our notes. Anyways, I noticed a picture file from a playlist that contained characters Windows could not extract. So I deleted the image from my phone's playlist, performed a backup again, and ...ran into the same error. I went further and temporarily deleted ALL of my playlists, did a new backup and was able to restore on Windows this time! So now I know I can narrow it down to find the offending file via trial-and-error. I hope this helps someone who's stuck in the same situation. I'll reply back if I learn anything else important. If anybody knows of a log file I'm missing or anything else that might help, that would be appreciated. But I know I'm on the right track, and I have a partial solution anyways.

Iran-backed Houthis join war with attack against Israel The entry of the powerful Iranian proxy into the conflict raises fears of further disruption to the world economy as the armed group has capacity to attack shipping in the Red Sea. I wonder how Trump feels about the can of worms he has opened as this mess expands. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6l5n8jv4yo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyvd5z1xjno

A new word! Thanks! Seems a lot of cultures could have a case for irredentism, given how "lands" have changed hands over the millennium. The story about Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin "carving up" Europe after WW2 comes to mind. "To the victor go the spoils"

Here's a new one many of us can relate to Snooze Button Blues This one's just for fun Cheap Shoes

Friends and brothers, our special talk will be tomorrow at 8:30 in the morning. If yours was today or will be tomorrow, I wish you an excellent talk and a wonderful meeting. May our hearts be prepared for the celebration on April 2.

It’s interesting how we sometimes think of justice and love as being in tension with each other. The ransom helps us see that with Jehovah, they actually work together perfectly.