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...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...
...fact, on Purim, you're supposed to get drunk, though no alcohol is allowed at Hillel," she adds...
...Purim b) the summer Solstice c) the DVD release of This Is Spinal Tap d) Macy's semi-annual white sale...