Word: purim
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...After a long Shabbat of services, a group of completely ferkacked Jews, apparantly having an impromtu early Purim party, was found clinking kiddush cups and doing a tipsy hora in Pfoho. Commented David S. Goldberg ‘03, while being elevated on a Harvard-issue rocking chair, “Suck it, Haman...
...Morale is very low. Israelis are living a constricted version of the lives they were living before. You can see it most clearly at large public events. Many Purim parades were canceled, and the mass Maimuna celebrations that mark the end of Passover in Jerusalem were very poorly attended. No one is under any illusion that Sharon has all the answers, but right now they're expecting less. They feel closed in, under siege. The allure of Rabin's peace plan for Israelis was the promise of being able to live in a normal country. The idea of normality made...
...report "Survey Confirms Alcohol Stereotypes" (News, Feb. 12) discusses the attitudes of various religious communities towards alcohol use and implies that the Jewish community supports drinking through quotes such as, "In fact, on Purim, you're supposed to get drunk." (Purim is the springtime holiday that commemorates deliverance from national obliteration, and is celebrated with merriment and satire...
...Rava said: A person must become so intoxicated on Purim that s/he does not know the difference between 'cursed is Haman' and 'blessed is Mordechai...
...Rabbah and Rabbi Zeira had a festive Purim meal together, and became intoxicated. Rabbah got up and cut R. Zeira's throat. The next day Rabbah asked for mercy, and R. Zeira was revived. The following year, Rabbah said to R. Zeira, 'Come, and let us have a festive Purim meal together.' R. Zeira said to him, 'A miracle does not occur every time...