Tag: purim
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Purim
Do you have megillah attention deficit disorder?
Everyone does...but in this rant I also go through the lack of homemade hamentaschen and the fact that when they are homemade, the dough…
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Dov Hikind and the overblown liberal media reaction
Truth be told I didn't really see what the big deal was with Dov Hikind's costume, those black people need to calm the F…
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Are you having the Purim Blues? I’m just not in the Purim mood
I have the Purim blues, it crept up on me like it always does, but this year more than ever I'm just not in…
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Money Making Faux-Mishloash Manot
The president of my shul called me this evening, furious that I did not participate in the shul's mishloach manot program. "Reb Telz" he…
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Why do purim shpiels suck so much?
So naturally around purim time I get sent a lot of purim shpiel videos and this year they have sucked more than ever. After…
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Purim I
R' Daniel Z. Feldman tells a story about Disney's Aladdin being shown at NCSY Kollel once upon a time around Purim, and here's the…
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Drinking on purim helps with kavannah during davening
Drinking on Purim By OfftheDwannaB You might not know this, but the holiday of Purim is traditionally a good day for davening. This is…
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Purim aint what it used to be
I have heard warnings from multiple people never to have sex while on E (ecstasy) because you will never enjoy sex again, I think…
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Yeshiva Memories: Purim
There were endless bottles of wine at the table and a keg of beer in the kitchen, red cups filled with beer were passed…
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Merry Purim To All
I don't know where this picture came from, but it's doing the email rounds. If anyone has any background on who took it, pass…
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Purim Shpiels I like
Purim Shpiels are a dime a dozen, and most of them suck, I happened to like the following one - click the more tag…
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What non-Jews may think of some Jewish rituals
I wrote this post last night and just this morning I received word that a flight was diverted from New York to Philly because…
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Are you anti drinking on purim?
For some reason I find that when it comes to drinking on purim, it is usually the modern orthodox and non-observant Jews that are…
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Do you give strategic mishloach manot?
Strategy for shalach manos is as follows. You either give to someone you know is going to give you more return, like a trade…
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What did you do for Purim?
Last years Purim kind of sucked because it was on a Friday, I spent it at my cousins in Monsey and as usual it…
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Charedim ban the story of Esther
Vos Iz Neias reported earlier in the day that many folks in the Charedi "frummer than you" movements have decided to stop telling the…
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Is it tznius for women to wear purim costumes?
Once again I have to hand it to the Yeshiva World News coffee room for entertaining and enraging me at the same time. They…
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Ever have an awkward shalach manos experience?
I can remember my dad cursing under his breath as he wondered how best to react to a surprise shalach manos basket, this was…
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What do you dress up as for Purim?
I don’t really dress up for purim, it just seems like to much work and then I can never find something good enough anyway.…
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Do you suffer from megillah attendion deficit disorder?
As you can see I am not really writing anything this week - I am in transit so until I settle down I will…
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Not the Jewish Press, Vol. II, No. 1: Week of Purim, 1982
Volume II. Sadat turns up alive in Plains, Georgia, Lee Iacocca takes on the Israeli economy, and Ed Koch plays Jesse Jackson at chess.
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Not the Jewish Press, Vol. I, No. 1: Week of Purim, 1979
The first issue. The Messiah arrives in Jerusalem after heavy rush-hour traffic, Studio 770 opens a disco, and the classifieds want a bilingual salesman for Canarsie.
