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Tonight marks Purim, where another miracle saved us....once again from genocide. This time it happened in Persia, but luckily since the Queen was Jewish, with a little Jewish kvetching and the miracle of G-d, the evil Haman died a slow and agonizing death....or just got hung, right now i'm too lazy to look at the actual point of this story.

So rather then talk about it's history...i shall explain what we do.

In short...we get drunk...being drunk is a mitzvah tonight...and if you don't know, a mitzvah means it's a good deed to do it. =)

We are supposed to get so drunk, we can't tell the difference between Haman and Mordechai (hero), but people in my area interpert it to being so drunk, you forget your in costume and thus terrorize the local kids.

Basically this holiday is Halloween for Adults. Wear a costume and get drunk. That's really about it...there's lots of food and dancing as well...but who cares. =)

So we can have a little party in this thread i guess. But unless your wearing a costume...you may not post. That is the law!

So without further adieu......come un, have fun shmooze and most importantly get drunk! Anyone sober will be kicked out. ;p

Sorry Keruvalia :D, nah i'm j/k, all can come in. =)

*posts after procrastinating a bit*

http://www.theholidayspot.com/purim/graphics/purim.gif

L'Chaim! http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/images/wine.jpg

That may be the coolest religious holliday ever. Still not good enough to give up bacon cheeseburgers and crabcakes though.

*Nibbles on cookies, and sips Manischevitz*
Happy Purim!!!

Tonight marks Purim, where another miracle saved us....once again from genocide. This time it happened in Persia, but luckily since the Queen was Jewish, with a little Jewish kvetching and the miracle of G-d, the evil Haman died a slow and agonizing death....or just got hung, right now i'm too lazy to look at the actual point of this story.

So rather then talk about it's history...i shall explain what we do.

In short...we get drunk...being drunk is a mitzvah tonight...and if you don't know, a mitzvah means it's a good deed to do it. =)

We are supposed to get so drunk, we can't tell the difference between Haman and Mordechai (hero), but people in my area interpert it to being so drunk, you forget your in costume and thus terrorize the local kids.

Basically this holiday is Halloween for Adults. Wear a costume and get drunk. That's really about it...there's lots of food and dancing as well...but who cares. =)

So we can have a little party in this thread i guess. But unless your wearing a costume...you may not post. That is the law!

So without further adieu......come un, have fun shmooze and most importantly get drunk! Anyone sober will be kicked out. ;p

Sorry Keruvalia :D, nah i'm j/k, all can come in. =)

*posts after procrastinating a bit*

http://www.theholidayspot.com/purim/graphics/purim.gif

L'Chaim! http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/images/wine.jpg


Oh, my. What a wonderful holiday.
Thanks for sharing and telling us about it. It's very interesting.

Happy Purim, to you, too!

*Nibbles on cookies, and sips Manischevitz*
Happy Purim!!!

I assume you mean these cookies?

http://www.edu-negev.gov.il/bs/shekef/images/hamantashen.jpg

They're called hamantashens. :)

Hey man ... I'm still as Jewish as anyone else and as Kosher as I wanna be. :D

Although instead of reading the Megilah, we're going to watch Malcolm X. ;)

Incidently, my oldest daughter was born on Purim, so it's her Jewish Birthday as well!

What's on your seudat purim?

Tonight marks Purim,
http://otsu.cool.ne.jp/dentsumuri/pokemon/purin.jpg?

Sorry, that's Purin, not Purim.

Hey man ... I'm still as Jewish as anyone else and as Kosher as I wanna be. :D

Really...so you won't mind, drinking a bit tonight? A little toast.... *passes you a glass filled with Vodka* L'Chaim? *grins*

Although instead of reading the Megilah, we're going to watch Malcolm X. ;)

Your not reading the Megilah tonight? Heretic! O_O... and i never understood that movie...i remember asking myself...is Malcom on LSD?

Incidently, my oldest daughter was born on Purim, so it's her Jewish Birthday as well!

What's on your seudat purim?

Yom Yoledet Samaich to her. =)

and my family is sick...so whatever the local synagouge is serving, i hear this year it's Pizza and nosh. Although other shuls serve BBQ with nosh...wish i should pick? =\

=P

Sorry, that's Purin, not Purim.

In English we call it Jigglypuff...mmm Singing Marshmallow.

K, well i'm going off to Synagouge now, i will be back later tonight...possibly...i dunno.

Either way, Chag Semiach, Yom Tov and a Happy Purim. =D

and my family is sick...so whatever the local synagouge is serving, i hear this year it's Pizza and nosh. Although other shuls serve BBQ with nosh...wish i should pick? =\


??nosh??

??nosh??
nurishment, in Jewish. duh.

Purim is such a good time, but I havn't finished learning my megilah reading!! Ack!!

nurishment, in Jewish. duh.


Silly me..... :rolleyes:

Im soooo getting drunk tonight.

Im not jewish, im Christian, but its close enough. I just want an excuse to come into work tomarrow with a hangover.

"But Boss, it was Purim last night, its religious(ish)."

L'Chaim (whatever that means)

"But Boss, it was Purim last night, its religious(ish)."

L'Chaim (whatever that means)

It's still Purim tomorrow, too. Sundown to Sundown. The Jewish calendar is lunar - you know, from Creation ... "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day." (Gen 1:5) Evening first, then morning. :)

Anyway, L'Chaim means "to life" in Hebrew.

??nosh??

It's Yiddish ... it means "a little something" specifically "to nibble on". A light snack, as it were.

It's Yiddish ... it means "a little something" specifically "to nibble on". A light snack, as it were.


Thank you.

actually it means snack.

Although it's generally used when talking about gorging massive quantities of Junk Food

I'm gonna eat so much nosh, that i'm gonna throw up!

I love Yiddish...such a fun language. =D


BTW, i hope your boss ain't Jewish, otherwise he might ask you where you've been and what the story is about. ;)

1. Say you were at a Synagouge, reading the Megillah.
2. tell him "In short, it's about some Persian guy attempting to kill the Jews...again"


Anyways yes, i'm back! =D, although i'm not drunk...i did eat lots of meat. That more then makes up for it...right?

Just got back from schull. And wow....I'm definately all about the free beer and whisky!

Beruchim B'nai Yisrael!

Had some friends over, we watched Malcolm X and read the Megilah. We will read the Megilah again when they wake up. Yes, in keeping with tradition, I had a beer. However, Qur'an says no drunkenness and I was not drunk. :) (picking nits ... I'm such a Jew)

WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!PAAAAAARTAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!
Chag Sameach LeKolam!
Mazal Tov Keruvalia;)
Hehe, living in Israel during Purim rocks! So many good costumes around! Two of my friends came as siamese twins:p
Purim and Yom Hatsmaut are the days I'd rather be in Israel then any place in the world!

*comes in in full costume, including kart*
http://www.azurguide.com/ACTIVITE/Loisir/karting-z.jpg

WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!PAAAAAARTAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!
Chag Sameach LeKolam!
Mazal Tov Keruvalia;)
Hehe, living in Israel during Purim rocks! So many good costumes around! Two of my friends came as siamese twins:p
Purim and Yom Hatsmaut are the days I'd rather be in Israel then any place in the world!

*comes in in full costume, including kart*
http://www.azurguide.com/ACTIVITE/Loisir/karting-z.jpg
i'm quite jelous, Sanctaphrax, i really miss it myself, and won't be goint this summer :(

I was just wondering how all the Jews around here react to the last part of the megilla. Its essentially a celebration of a vengefull bloodbath, endosred by the king, in response to a planned massacre that never happened. I realize that this story is just that, a story, or a parable, but how is such an ending reconciled with the joyfull celebration that Purim is? This is one of my favorite holidays, but as I was reading megillah today, I was shocked to bits. Thoughts?