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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 9:27:00 GMT -5
Post by teghan62 on Mar 18, 2003 9:27:00 GMT -5
Today is Purim! [shadow=blue,left,300][glow=blue,2,300]YAY![/glow][/shadow] Now, at school, I don't have to do any work! Just play around in costumes and stuff. And stupid Megilah reading. Nyeh. >P
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 12:16:51 GMT -5
Post by Ashkenazi Sara on Mar 18, 2003 12:16:51 GMT -5
Purim's fun A bit like a second Halloween, except it's not associated with scary stuff
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 13:16:25 GMT -5
Post by Tracy on Mar 18, 2003 13:16:25 GMT -5
Woo! *Wants purim* I don't like halloween much... too many 16 year olds trying to get money outta people
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 15:33:01 GMT -5
Post by The Angry Artist on Mar 18, 2003 15:33:01 GMT -5
Today at school we didn't need our backpacks because of the Purim carnival. And, of course, the Megilah was read by Rabbi Shemtov, one of the fastest Megilah-readers in the West. Of course, the carnival was rotten this year bacause everything had to be moved indoors (Normally the carnival is outdoors.) because it had rained and the whole field was wet.
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 16:05:56 GMT -5
Post by Princess Ember Mononoke on Mar 18, 2003 16:05:56 GMT -5
Pardon my utter stupidity, but what is Purim?
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 16:08:01 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2003 16:08:01 GMT -5
Pardon my utter stupidity, but what is Purim? Er, I'm equally stupid. Would you fill us in?
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 16:22:34 GMT -5
Post by Princess Ember Mononoke on Mar 18, 2003 16:22:34 GMT -5
It sounds like a Jewish holiday. . . why didn't I read about it last semester when I was studying religions? Maybe I did, but it just didn't mention costumes. . . *continues rambling*
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 18:52:22 GMT -5
Post by Linnen Malfoy on Mar 18, 2003 18:52:22 GMT -5
Meh, I've never cared for any holidays except Passover and Chanukkah... Gimmie passover anyday, it's my favorite. ^__^
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 19:00:54 GMT -5
Post by teghan62 on Mar 18, 2003 19:00:54 GMT -5
Gimmie passover anyday, it's my favorite. ^__^ Because of Passover, I get an extra week in spring break. ^_^ But I don't get to eat anything with flour. ;_;
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 19:07:47 GMT -5
Post by teghan62 on Mar 18, 2003 19:07:47 GMT -5
Pardon my utter stupidity, but what is Purim? A Jewish holiday. You see, Haman wanted to kill all of the Jews, but then his plan backfired and he was hung on the day he planned to hang Mordechai, a Jew that he was mad at. Haman wanted to kill the Jews because they wouldn't bow down to him. Achashverus, the king, got rid of Vashti, his queen, because she wouldn't come when called, and Ester became his queen (Mordechai's neice). Bigtan and Teresh, two of Achashverus' gaurds, plotted to kill the king, but Mordechai told Ester and Ester told Achashverus in Mordechai's name. The, one night, Achashverus asked Haman what he should do to honour osmeone. Haman thought it was him, so he said that the person should use a lot of the kings' stuff (too lazy to put it) and then Haman was mad when what he suggested was done to Mordechai. Just some of the story. Not in order.
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 19:16:56 GMT -5
Post by teghan62 on Mar 18, 2003 19:16:56 GMT -5
Actually, today we played a memory game. Our math/science teacher (dreesed up like a baseball player) said, "I am going on a trip. In my suitcase, I will take a baseball bat." It was my turn next, so I had to repeat what she said, and add an item of my own.
Me: (it's the item I chose to take) and a llama.
Rest of the class: A llama?
Me: Yes.
So then, I forced everyone to say llama! Yay!
T_T They denied the llama.
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 19:26:36 GMT -5
Post by lupe on Mar 18, 2003 19:26:36 GMT -5
A Jewish holiday. You see, Haman wanted to kill all of the Jews, but then his plan backfired and he was hung on the day he planned to hang Mordechai, a Jew that he was mad at. Kind of like Whats-his-name in Germany who wanted to kill the Jews? ((I can't remember his name...))
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 19:39:59 GMT -5
Post by Linnen Malfoy on Mar 18, 2003 19:39:59 GMT -5
Kind of like Whats-his-name in Germany who wanted to kill the Jews? ((I can't remember his name...)) You mean Hitler?
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 19:45:27 GMT -5
Post by noremac9 on Mar 18, 2003 19:45:27 GMT -5
And you mean Adolf Hitler?
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Purim!
Mar 18, 2003 20:06:35 GMT -5
Post by teghan62 on Mar 18, 2003 20:06:35 GMT -5
Kind of like Whats-his-name in Germany who wanted to kill the Jews? ((I can't remember his name...)) Adolf Hitler was a ....... ......., except he actually killed 6 million Jews... Haman was just gonna kill all of the Jews in Achashverus' 127 states, but didn't. For anyone that's Jewish, or knows the Jewish bible, they say Haman was a decendant from Amalek (don't ask).
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