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Where’s your costume?

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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.

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