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==Trivia==
[[Wednesday]] is considered an important day for Homs citizens which is related to certain events happened in the history of the city. Two theories are presented to explain that relation:
* During the era of the [[Royal family of Emesa|Emesani dynasty]], people who worshipped the sun god [[Elagabalus (deity)|Elagabalus]] held undisciplined [[liturgies]] celebrating theirthe deitycreation of the [[Sun]] on wednesdays"the fourth day" of the divine workweek (The [[Book of Genesis|Creation narrative]] in the [[Hebrew Bible]]).
* During the [[Timur]]’s invasion, Homs inhabitants acted as lunatics to avoid massacres and distruction of their city.<ref>{{cite book|author=George Kadar|title= أدب الـنـكـتـة، بـحـث في جـذور الـنـكـتـة الـحـمـصـيـة ، حـرب الأيـديـولـوجـيـا الـفـكـاهـيـة و لـيـتـورجـيـا الـمـجـانـيـن الـمـنـدثـرة| script-title= Adab al-nuktah, baḥth fī judhūr al-nuktah al-Ḥimṣīyah, ḥarb al-aydyūlūjiyā al-fukāhīyah wa-lītūrjiyā al-majānīn al-mundathirah |publisher=Dār Raslān |year=2009|page=|language=Arabic|isbn=}}</ref>