Tonight starts one of my children’s (and now, grandchild’s) favorite holidays, Purim (“Lots”). It also helped set my life’s compass. (I’ll explain this aspect later.)
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Foiled Again?
Tonight starts one of my children’s favorite holidays, Purim (“Lots”). It also helped set my life’s compass. (I’ll explain this later.)
Where’s your costume?
Today is a holiday. It is the first day of Purim. (Purim means “Lots”- as in the lottery. We just didn’t really win this lottery.). My family has always celebrated Shushan Purim, the name for the second day; most Ashkenazi Jews rarely celebrate it- for them, it’s a one day holiday. The Purim holiday celebrates the ploys of Esther (also known as Hadassah), the Jewish Queen of Babylonia, and her uncle (godfather?) Mordechai.