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M'shenichnas Adar marbin b'simcha
Wishing you and your family a very happy Purim!
Wishing you and your family a very happy Purim!
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Purim is a timy of joy!
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What'd you do for Purim and what is it? ..........
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It looks like a more moral and appropriate Halloween...lol.
Purim in Tel Aviv in the 1930's.The Jewish Halloween
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpnqdxvuDPU&feature=player_detailpage]???????? ??? ???? 1932.PURIM IN TEL AVIV?? - YouTube[/ame]
Note: Remember, according to Tinmore and the ilk; There were no Jews in Palestine until 1948. This film is a Mossad plot.Purim in Tel Aviv in the 1930's.The Jewish Halloween
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpnqdxvuDPU&feature=player_detailpage]???????? ??? ???? 1932.PURIM IN TEL AVIV?? - YouTube[/ame]
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It looks like a more moral and appropriate Halloween...lol.
halloween is samhain (pr: sowin) eve, or the irish new year's eve. that is where halloween began. it was just one of many gifts the pagan celts gave to dhristianity.
galileo and keppler, eat your hearts out.
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The Book of Esther
The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book of Esther. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia, and her cousin Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his daughter. Esther was taken to the house of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, to become part of his harem. King Ahasuerus loved Esther more than his other women and made Esther queen, but the king did not know that Esther was a Jew, because Mordecai told her not to reveal her identity. The villain of the story is Haman, an arrogant, egotistical advisor to the king. Haman hated Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman, so Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish people. In a speech that is all too familiar to Jews, Haman told the king, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your realm. Their laws are different from those of every other people's, and they do not observe the king's laws; therefore it is not befitting the king to tolerate them." Esther 3:8. The king gave the fate of the Jewish people to Haman, to do as he pleased to them. Haman planned to exterminate all of the Jews. Mordecai persuaded Esther to speak to the king on behalf of the Jewish people. This was a dangerous thing for Esther to do, because anyone who came into the king's presence without being summoned could be put to death, and she had not been summoned. Esther fasted for three days to prepare herself, then went into the king. He welcomed her. Later, she told him of Haman's plot against her people. The Jewish people were saved, and Haman and his ten sons were hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai.
The book of Esther is unusual in that it is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of G-d. In fact, it includes virtually no reference to G-d. Mordecai makes a vague reference to the fact that the Jews will be saved by someone else, if not by Esther, but that is the closest the book comes to mentioning G-d. Thus, one important message that can be gained from the story is that G-d often works in ways that are not apparent, in ways that appear to be chance, coincidence or ordinary good luck.
Modern Echoes of Purim
The Pesach (Passover) seder reminds us that in every generation, there are those who rise up to destroy us, but G-d saves us from their hand. In the time of the Book of Esther, Haman was the one who tried to destroy us. In modern times, there have been two significant figures who have threatened the Jewish people, and there are echoes of Purim in their stories. Many have noted the echoes of Purim in the Nuremberg war crime trials. In the Book of Esther, Haman's ten sons were hanged (Esther 9:13); in 1946, ten of Hitler's top associates were put to death by hanging for their war crimes (including the crime of murdering 6 million Jews). An 11th associate of Hitler, Hermann Göring, committed suicide the night before the execution, a parallel to the suicide of Haman's daughter recorded in the Talmud (Megillah 16a). There are rumors that Göring was a transvestite, making that an even more accurate parallel. One of the men seems to have been aware of the parallel: on the way to the gallows, Julius Streicher shouted "Purim Fest 1946!" See: The Execution of Nazi War Criminals. It is also interesting that, in the traditional text of the Megillah (Book of Esther), in the list of the names of Haman's sons, the letters Tav in the first name, Shin in the seventh name and Zayin in the tenth name are written in smaller letters than the rest. The numerical value of Tav-Shin-Zayin is 707, and these ten men were hanged in the Jewish year 5707 (the thousands digit is routinely skipped when writing Jewish years; there are no numerals for thousands in Hebrew numbering). They were not hanged on Purim, though -- they were hanged on Hoshanah Rabbah. Another echo of Purim is found in the Soviet Union a few years later. In early 1953, Stalin was planning to deport most of the Jews in the Soviet Union to Siberia, but just before his plans came to fruition, he suffered a stroke and died a few days later. He suffered that stroke on the night of March 1, 1953: the night after Purim (note: Jewish days end at sunset; you will see March 1 on the calendar as Purim). The plan to deport Jews was not carried out. A story is told in Chabad (Lubavitcher Chasidic Judaism) of that 1953 Purim: the Lubavitcher Rebbe led a Purim gathering and was asked to give a blessing for the Jews of the Soviet Union, who were known to be in great danger. The Rebbe instead told a cryptic story about a man who was voting in the Soviet Union and heard people cheering for the candidate, "Hoorah! Hoorah!" The man did not want to cheer, but was afraid to not cheer, so he said "hoorah," but in his heart, he meant it in Hebrew: hu ra, which means, "he is evil"! The crowd at the Rebbe's 1953 gathering began chanting "hu ra!" regarding Stalin, and that night, Stalin suffered the stroke that lead to his death a few days later.
Purim Customs and Observances
Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, which is usually in March. The 13th of Adar is the day that Haman chose for the extermination of the Jews, and the day that the Jews battled their enemies for their lives. On the day afterwards, the 14th, they celebrated their survival. In cities that were walled in the time of Joshua, Purim is celebrated on the 15th of the month, because the book of Esther says that in Shushan (a walled city), deliverance from the massacre was not complete until the next day. The 15th is referred to as Shushan Purim.
The word "Purim" means "lots" and refers to the lottery that Haman used to choose the date for the massacre. The Purim holiday is preceded by a minor fast, the Fast of Esther, which commemorates Esther's three days of fasting in preparation for her meeting with the king.
The primary commandment related to Purim is to hear the reading of the book of Esther. The book of Esther is commonly known as the Megillah, which means scroll. Although there are five books of Jewish scripture that are properly referred to as megillahs (Esther, Ruth, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Lamentations), this is the one people usually mean when they speak of The Megillah. It is customary to boo, hiss, stamp feet and rattle gragers (noisemakers) whenever the name of Haman is mentioned in the service. The purpose of this custom is to "blot out the name of Haman." We are also commanded to eat, drink and be merry. According to the Talmud, a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between "cursed be Haman" and "blessed be Mordecai," though opinions differ as to exactly how drunk that is. A person certainly should not become so drunk that he might violate other commandments or get seriously ill. In addition, recovering alcoholics or others who might suffer serious harm from alcohol are exempt from this obligation.
The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book of Esther. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia, and her cousin Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his daughter. Esther was taken to the house of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, to become part of his harem. King Ahasuerus loved Esther more than his other women and made Esther queen, but the king did not know that Esther was a Jew, because Mordecai told her not to reveal her identity. The villain of the story is Haman, an arrogant, egotistical advisor to the king. Haman hated Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman, so Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish people. In a speech that is all too familiar to Jews, Haman told the king, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your realm. Their laws are different from those of every other people's, and they do not observe the king's laws; therefore it is not befitting the king to tolerate them." Esther 3:8. The king gave the fate of the Jewish people to Haman, to do as he pleased to them. Haman planned to exterminate all of the Jews. Mordecai persuaded Esther to speak to the king on behalf of the Jewish people. This was a dangerous thing for Esther to do, because anyone who came into the king's presence without being summoned could be put to death, and she had not been summoned. Esther fasted for three days to prepare herself, then went into the king. He welcomed her. Later, she told him of Haman's plot against her people. The Jewish people were saved, and Haman and his ten sons were hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai.
The book of Esther is unusual in that it is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of G-d. In fact, it includes virtually no reference to G-d. Mordecai makes a vague reference to the fact that the Jews will be saved by someone else, if not by Esther, but that is the closest the book comes to mentioning G-d. Thus, one important message that can be gained from the story is that G-d often works in ways that are not apparent, in ways that appear to be chance, coincidence or ordinary good luck.
Modern Echoes of Purim
The Pesach (Passover) seder reminds us that in every generation, there are those who rise up to destroy us, but G-d saves us from their hand. In the time of the Book of Esther, Haman was the one who tried to destroy us. In modern times, there have been two significant figures who have threatened the Jewish people, and there are echoes of Purim in their stories. Many have noted the echoes of Purim in the Nuremberg war crime trials. In the Book of Esther, Haman's ten sons were hanged (Esther 9:13); in 1946, ten of Hitler's top associates were put to death by hanging for their war crimes (including the crime of murdering 6 million Jews). An 11th associate of Hitler, Hermann Göring, committed suicide the night before the execution, a parallel to the suicide of Haman's daughter recorded in the Talmud (Megillah 16a). There are rumors that Göring was a transvestite, making that an even more accurate parallel. One of the men seems to have been aware of the parallel: on the way to the gallows, Julius Streicher shouted "Purim Fest 1946!" See: The Execution of Nazi War Criminals. It is also interesting that, in the traditional text of the Megillah (Book of Esther), in the list of the names of Haman's sons, the letters Tav in the first name, Shin in the seventh name and Zayin in the tenth name are written in smaller letters than the rest. The numerical value of Tav-Shin-Zayin is 707, and these ten men were hanged in the Jewish year 5707 (the thousands digit is routinely skipped when writing Jewish years; there are no numerals for thousands in Hebrew numbering). They were not hanged on Purim, though -- they were hanged on Hoshanah Rabbah. Another echo of Purim is found in the Soviet Union a few years later. In early 1953, Stalin was planning to deport most of the Jews in the Soviet Union to Siberia, but just before his plans came to fruition, he suffered a stroke and died a few days later. He suffered that stroke on the night of March 1, 1953: the night after Purim (note: Jewish days end at sunset; you will see March 1 on the calendar as Purim). The plan to deport Jews was not carried out. A story is told in Chabad (Lubavitcher Chasidic Judaism) of that 1953 Purim: the Lubavitcher Rebbe led a Purim gathering and was asked to give a blessing for the Jews of the Soviet Union, who were known to be in great danger. The Rebbe instead told a cryptic story about a man who was voting in the Soviet Union and heard people cheering for the candidate, "Hoorah! Hoorah!" The man did not want to cheer, but was afraid to not cheer, so he said "hoorah," but in his heart, he meant it in Hebrew: hu ra, which means, "he is evil"! The crowd at the Rebbe's 1953 gathering began chanting "hu ra!" regarding Stalin, and that night, Stalin suffered the stroke that lead to his death a few days later.
Purim Customs and Observances
Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, which is usually in March. The 13th of Adar is the day that Haman chose for the extermination of the Jews, and the day that the Jews battled their enemies for their lives. On the day afterwards, the 14th, they celebrated their survival. In cities that were walled in the time of Joshua, Purim is celebrated on the 15th of the month, because the book of Esther says that in Shushan (a walled city), deliverance from the massacre was not complete until the next day. The 15th is referred to as Shushan Purim.
The word "Purim" means "lots" and refers to the lottery that Haman used to choose the date for the massacre. The Purim holiday is preceded by a minor fast, the Fast of Esther, which commemorates Esther's three days of fasting in preparation for her meeting with the king.
The primary commandment related to Purim is to hear the reading of the book of Esther. The book of Esther is commonly known as the Megillah, which means scroll. Although there are five books of Jewish scripture that are properly referred to as megillahs (Esther, Ruth, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Lamentations), this is the one people usually mean when they speak of The Megillah. It is customary to boo, hiss, stamp feet and rattle gragers (noisemakers) whenever the name of Haman is mentioned in the service. The purpose of this custom is to "blot out the name of Haman." We are also commanded to eat, drink and be merry. According to the Talmud, a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between "cursed be Haman" and "blessed be Mordecai," though opinions differ as to exactly how drunk that is. A person certainly should not become so drunk that he might violate other commandments or get seriously ill. In addition, recovering alcoholics or others who might suffer serious harm from alcohol are exempt from this obligation.
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Purim is a lot like Halloween in that kids wear costums and go about getting treats. But unlike Halloween, it's a time for gift-giving among adults as well - usually small gifts of fruit, nuts, other sweet treats, known as 'shaloch manos'.
I'm lazy: I just bake up a ton of hamantoschen and give them out to everyone....those re the little triangle shaped cookies filled with fruit and/or nut mixtures which one sometimes sees in the market. Of course homemade are aways better : )) I have several dough recipes that I use.
I'm lazy: I just bake up a ton of hamantoschen and give them out to everyone....those re the little triangle shaped cookies filled with fruit and/or nut mixtures which one sometimes sees in the market. Of course homemade are aways better : )) I have several dough recipes that I use.
What have you got against Keppler and the Doppler Effect? Meanwhile, for a good time, why not find some Chabad Center in your town and have a little fun. You sound like you could use it. As far as Halloween goes, the Mexicans sure know how to live it up on the Dia De Los Muertos.It looks like a more moral and appropriate Halloween...lol.
halloween is samhain (pr: sowin) eve, or the irish new year's eve. that is where halloween began. it was just one of many gifts the pagan celts gave to dhristianity.
galileo and keppler, eat your hearts out.
Purim 2013 - Megillah, Graggers, Costume Contest, Games and more
Roudy
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Honestly I'm not a big fan of Halloween. In a day and age where we keep talking about violence in the movies and video games and telling kids not to watch violent shows etc. Because it is believed to be one of the reasons cor mass shootings etc.Purim is a lot like Halloween in that kids wear costums and go about getting treats. But unlike Halloween, it's a time for gift-giving among adults as well - usually small gifts of fruit, nuts, other sweet treats, known as 'shaloch manos'.
I'm lazy: I just bake up a ton of hamantoschen and give them out to everyone....those re the little triangle shaped cookies filled with fruit and/or nut mixtures which one sometimes sees in the market. Of course homemade are aways better : )) I have several dough recipes that I use.
Here we are as adults dressing up as dead people with blood all over our bodies, body parts exposed or hanging out, nails through our brains, eyes hanging out, you name it....
It is truly a disgusting holiday filled with mass hypocrisy. What message is society sending to the youth other than immunizing them to barbaric violence?
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Shit, I thought this was something from the "Hunger Games."
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What have you got against Keppler and the Doppler Effect? Meanwhile, for a good time, why not find some Chabad Center in your town and have a little fun. You sound like you could use it. As far as Halloween goes, the Mexicans sure know how to live it up on the Dia De Los Muertos.It looks like a more moral and appropriate Halloween...lol.
halloween is samhain (pr: sowin) eve, or the irish new year's eve. that is where halloween began. it was just one of many gifts the pagan celts gave to dhristianity.
galileo and keppler, eat your hearts out.
Purim 2013 - Megillah, Graggers, Costume Contest, Games and more
the irish have absolutely nothing against other heliocentrists lie keppler and galileo. just reminding them we were first in the world..
dios de los muertos came after samhain.
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Regardless, Seal, are you trying to tell us that since you are always saying you have friends in all different groups, not one Mexican has ever invited you to celebrate The Dia De Los Muertos? Even though the Irish version of Halloween came first according to you, the Mexican celebration happens to be a big one here in the U.S. Why don't you set up something in your area to celebrate the Irish version of Halloween for next year, and we can offer you some suggestions as to what costume you should wear.What have you got against Keppler and the Doppler Effect? Meanwhile, for a good time, why not find some Chabad Center in your town and have a little fun. You sound like you could use it. As far as Halloween goes, the Mexicans sure know how to live it up on the Dia De Los Muertos.halloween is samhain (pr: sowin) eve, or the irish new year's eve. that is where halloween began. it was just one of many gifts the pagan celts gave to dhristianity.
galileo and keppler, eat your hearts out.
Purim 2013 - Megillah, Graggers, Costume Contest, Games and more
the irish have absolutely nothing against other heliocentrists lie keppler and galileo. just reminding them we were first in the world..
dios de los muertos came after samhain.
Roudy
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Now, ask us if we give a hoot?What have you got against Keppler and the Doppler Effect? Meanwhile, for a good time, why not find some Chabad Center in your town and have a little fun. You sound like you could use it. As far as Halloween goes, the Mexicans sure know how to live it up on the Dia De Los Muertos.halloween is samhain (pr: sowin) eve, or the irish new year's eve. that is where halloween began. it was just one of many gifts the pagan celts gave to dhristianity.
galileo and keppler, eat your hearts out.
Purim 2013 - Megillah, Graggers, Costume Contest, Games and more
the irish have absolutely nothing against other heliocentrists lie keppler and galileo. just reminding them we were first in the world..
dios de los muertos came after samhain.
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"What's Purim-what'dya do? --- It looks like a more moral and appropriate Halloween...lol."
what does this mean ? "looks like a more moral and appropriate halloween ?"
it's not just this post, but:
you're a witch.
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Purim 2013: weekend of Parade and costumes!
Little Itai chose to become a Mezuzah
Snacks
Legoman
Sarah Netanyahu (LMAO)
Dan Hashan (Figure from Israeli commercials)
The Ten Plauges
Purim store in Tel Aviv
young girls in Hadera Purim party.
The Invisible Man
Carnaval in Ashdod
Now THAT's just pure GENIUS!
Madagascar
Fisherman
Tetris (Or maybe "Google"?)
The Big Bad Wolf from "Little Red Riding Hood"
Little Itai chose to become a Mezuzah
Snacks
Legoman
Sarah Netanyahu (LMAO)
Dan Hashan (Figure from Israeli commercials)
The Ten Plauges
Purim store in Tel Aviv
young girls in Hadera Purim party.
The Invisible Man
Carnaval in Ashdod
Now THAT's just pure GENIUS!
Madagascar
Fisherman
Tetris (Or maybe "Google"?)
The Big Bad Wolf from "Little Red Riding Hood"
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