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Ruby method for determining if the current time is during the jewish weekend
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jewish_weekend.rb
def jewish_weekend?(date=Time.now)
#Time.now.end_of_week will return sunday, so friday is -1 & saturday is -2
end_of_week = date.end_of_week
friday = end_of_week - 2.day
saturday = end_of_week - 1.day
(date.day == friday.day) || (date.day == saturday.day)
end
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