Purim

[CMike]

Purim is coming up, so I wanted to start a Purim thread.

Sunday my shul is having a purim/costume/dinner/reading of the megillah party (not in order).

I think of going as Moshe Dayan.

Purim is a joyous holiday. It's celebrated by what jews do best- eat.

Below is a summary of what the holiday is about.



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What is Purim about? - Benjamin Rapaport - YouTube

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Purim Story Watch the story about the King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther - YouTube

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How to celebrate Purim? - YouTube

Some music below


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Raise Your Mask Purim - The Fountainheads - YouTube

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The Maccabeats - Purim Song - YouTube

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Chag Purim - English and Transliterated - YouTube

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Purim at Hogwarts (Yiddish song with English subtitles) - YouTube

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I find Purim mildly distasteful. At the same time, I highly recommend The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther by Adele Berlin.

 

[Caladan]

I'm invited to 3 parties. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I'm not sure my alcohol intake is geared for the task, but I'm certainly going to put it to the test.

 

[Caladan]

I find Purim mildly distasteful. At the same time, I highly recommend The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther by Adele Berlin.

God, your age is showing.

 

[Caladan]

Oh yes, and here is a mandatory video of Purim in Israel:

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Purim Street Party - Israel - YouTube

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I find Purim mildly distasteful. At the same time, I highly recommend The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther by Adele Berlin.

God, your age is showing.

Perhaps.

 

[Caladan]

Perhaps.

Of course I meant 'old' in the sense of cultivating and refining your wisdom while us no good party goers look for redundant fun while ignoring the literature of the holiday

 

[metis]

I've been told that I really don't have to put a costume on for Purim. I wonder what they mean by that?

 

[RabbiO]

I've been told that I really don't have to put a costume on for Purim. I wonder what they mean by that?

You're going as Vashti, or at least Vashti as the king wanted her to appear.

Peter

 

[metis]

You're going as Vashti, or at least Vashti as the king wanted her to appear.

Peter

Is he handsome, sophisticated, and superbly intelligent as well?

 

[CMike]

You're going as Vashti, or at least Vashti as the king wanted her to appear.

Peter

Hopefully, without the skin issues.

 

[CMike]

I find Purim mildly distasteful. At the same time, I highly recommend The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther by Adele Berlin.

Oy vey. :cover:

 

[RabbiO]

I find Purim mildly distasteful. At the same time, I highly recommend The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther by Adele Berlin.

You might find interesting, if you've not read it, Yitz Greenberg's take on Purim in The Jewish Way.

Peter

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

You might find interesting, if you've not read it, Yitz Greenberg's take on Purim in The Jewish Way.

Peter

Given …

… On balance, the evidence points to Mordecai's and Esther's being devoted Jews; usually it takes that type to risk their lives to save their people. The rabbinic tradition very strongly insists that they were observant Jews. Note that when Esther was in trouble, she asked the Jews to fast and pray. Esther's Jewish name is Hadassah; she possibly lived in two worlds, with the name Esther on her diploma and the family calling her Hadassah at home.

Still, even if Mordecai and Esther weren't assimilated, many of their friends and allies in the war against Haman were, as the Rabbis indeed set forth.

The point of this exercise is to underscore one of the deep lessons of Purim: Never write off assimilated Jews. They come out of the historical closet in the greatest crises and when they are least expected.

- Unmasking the Purim Heroes by Rabbi Irving Greenberg

… I'm still not a big fan.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

See, for example, The Dark Side of Purim.

 

[dantech]

I wonder what they mean by that?

Hello John, when you want to comment on someone's post, I suggest clicking on that QUOTE button on the bottom right of each post. It will show what you are commenting on, because the way you do it now makes it impossible (or close to), to understand what or who you are commenting on.

 

[CMike]

I'm going as Moshe Dayan at tommorrows Purim party.

It sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.

 

[Tarheeler]

I'm going as Moshe Dayan at tommorrows Purim party.

It sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.

I went to our Purim as a fat guy with a beard. As I am actually fat a guy with a beard, it didn't take much in the way of the costume.

But I do have to say that the Bourbon was kosher, and the line between Mordechai and Haman is slightly blurred. :yes:

 

[Assad91]

No disrespect ment, I just want to ask, is this the holiday with the nice treats with the fruit?

 

[CMike]

No disrespect ment, I just want to ask, is this the holiday with the nice treats with the fruit?

Yes, one of them.