This proclamation would form the basis for June the Nineteenth or âJuneteenth,â a holiday celebrating the announcement of the end of slavery in Texas. Advertisement I say announcement because it would be a stretch to say this freed the slaves of Texas.
Cholov Yisroel / Cholov Stam: Cholov Yisroel refers to milk or dairy products that have been under constant rabbinic supervision from the time of milking the cows until the completion of production and packaging the product.
This term is a shortening of William Congreve's lines, Heav'n has no rage, like love to hatred turn'd, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn'd ( The Mourning Bride, 1697). Similar lines appear in several plays of the same period. Today the proverb is often shortened even more, as in the example.