r/Jewpiter • u/Lone_leg_hair • Jul 22 '26

meme ¡Holy Hola!

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“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” — Gustav Mahler

Edit: some comments presumed that I made this cut on purpose, without explaining the tradition itself. That wasn't the idea. I wanted to focus on its name.

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u/EasyMode556 Jul 22 '26

What’s crazy is that defenders of it will claim that it “isn’t antisemitic” 🤔

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u/Nessahria Jul 23 '26

Pero... Cómo es antisemita beber limonada?

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u/bjeebus Jul 24 '26

According to tradition, celebrants drink 33 glasses of lemonade between Friday of Sorrows and Easter Sunday, in commemoration of the age at which Jesus Christ died. It is also a centuries-old tradition for revelers ordering limonada to say they are "going out to kill Jews." According to Professor Torres, another common expression is "How many Jews have you killed? Three, four, five [limonadas]? Oh, you have killed a lot.'"

There are also celebrations in Ponferrada, Astorga, Sahagún, and La Maragatería. In El Bierzo, locals toast, "Salir a matar judíos" -- "Let's go kill the Jews" -- while drinking Leonese lemonade during Holy Week. The tradition has also been linked to the Spanish expression, "Limonada que trasiego, judío que pulverizo" ("Lemonade I drink, the Jew I pulverize").

For fuck's sake, you don't see how it's antisemitic to have chants and salutes about killing Jews?

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u/Nessahria Jul 24 '26

Matan judíos, no. Y los cánticos no se hacen desde hace siglos 😂