Comments on: Good Purim, Good Purim.

By: laya

laya — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:39:36 +0000

do I know you?

By: The unknown

The unknown — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:42:19 +0000

Whats up Laya?!!!!

By: laya

laya — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:52:52 +0000

Ha! Sarah, the infamous Purim of 2002. I was at that party (DB’s house, yes?). But I’m fairly glad you don’t remember me being there.

becs – cuute. I’ll be home soon babe. can’t wait. Too much travel.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:45:12 +0000

aww lay! that’s such a sweet pic of nomo. i visited ck’s new place today. very cute. SUPER location. oh– and i finally found an opportunity to wear one of the tank-tops u gave me. check it out on my bloggie! can’t wait to see u oh-so-soon. Love, keysie

By: Sarah N

Sarah N — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:42:54 +0000

Laya, you will appreciate this… a few years ago I went to a big Purim party where all the frustrated baal chuvas took the night off from religious purity and were really partying.(this was the year that we thought the war with Iraq was going to start that day, it was actually a very scary time with sealed rooms ect)

R.Shalom Brodt showed up at the party- and made everybody turn off the music, stop dancing and he started telling stories. Everybody was capitvated (and a few were pissed) but it reminded us all about what the holiday was about, especially that we should be davening for protection against our enemies. It was one of the highest Purim moments ever and a much needed reminder for a lot of people.

By: Ben-David

Ben-David — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:23:49 +0000

Was my post deleted?

By: kayla

kayla — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:23:29 +0000

My feminist interpretation of the Purim story from my younger days: if you are young and hot, a rich and powerful man will dump his brainy wife for you and you can pretty much make him do anything you want.
Needless to say, I usually dressed as Vashti at the Sunday School parties.

By: Purim Hero

Purim Hero — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:37:47 +0000

Dido

By: esther

esther — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:30:16 +0000

All that said, I do enjoy a holiday when I’m hailed as a heroine and everyone knows my name.

By: esther

esther — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 01:29:17 +0000

I don’t think you’re crazy…Purim’s been wearing thin on me the past few years, the more involved i am in behind the scenes spieling, the less religious the holiday itself feels. But as for “learning” that things are not always what they seem, that’s something any student of literary theory or human nature learns very quickly, with or without Purim. There are masks that people wear on Purim, which is fine. We understand that those are temporary. The challenge is to discern daily truth in the reality that we perceive. And that takes a while…

see you soon.

And taltman, hatred for you, over something like this, is not happening. So send it on when you can…

Hope everyone (else) had a great time today…