Purim OpenTrackback Weekend
Purim is one fun-filled, entertaining holiday.
Jews send out gifts of food or drink,..yum… and offer gifts to charity.
A common treat are cookies called hamentaschen. These triangular fruit-filled cookies are supposed to represent Haman’s three-cornered hat.
It has carnival-like celebrations, kids (and grown ups too) wear costumes, perform plays and parodies, people drink..According to the Talmud, a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordecai,” ..and some (guys) get very “into” that custom. Heh.
Purim occurs on the 14th of the Jewish month of Adar.
The Book of Esther is read in the synagogue which recounts the tale.
Set in Persia 2,300 years ago, some seemingly unrelated events twisted and spun together, which ultimatley saved the Jewish people from total annihilation.
King Achashverosh threw a huge six-month party and his queen Vashti refused to follow orders and attend unclothed. She is predictably killed and replaced by a new queen, Esther the Jewess.
Esther’s uncle Mordechai, the leader of the Jews, then unearths a plot to assassinate the king, which he tells the King, thus placing him in a favorable and sympathetic position with the king.
Haman, the king’s top advisor, obtains a decree to have all the Jews destroyed.
Through a multifaceted twist of events, Queen Esther is able to get the decree reversed, Haman is hanged on the gallows, and Mordechai becomes the prime minister.
The Jews are saved.
Tada!
Happy Purim to all my Jewish friends!
Lessons to be learned my friends?
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March 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 am
And a happy Purim to you too! I’m not Jewish (except by adoption) but we celebrate the Jewish feasts as instructed in Deutoronomy. And my kids at church are all excited about participating in a mock Jewish service for our pentecostal church Sunday night. They really like the idea of yelling boo, hiss and making noise in church! OK, they’re also looking forward to our “Esther Banquet” afterwards. Too bad all churchs don’t celebrate this one, it’s fun!!!!! Shalom.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:36 am
Bolton Comes Out Firing…
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March 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 am
Illegal Aliens to Become “Undocumented…
“There are students in our schools whose parents are trying to become citizens and we shouldnt label them, she said. “They are immigrants, through no fault of their own, not aliens.
Wilson said she doesnt like the term “illegal, either….
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 am
Syria Pushes The Envelope…
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March 2nd, 2007 at 9:59 am
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March 2nd, 2007 at 10:02 am
Hillary’s Heroes…
During her years as co-President, Napollary had Wellesley College actually BAN viewing of her thesis–and the good Libs there heartily obliged with typical double-standard Lib hypocrisy….
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:09 am
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March 2nd, 2007 at 10:11 am
Kent State Professor Linked to Extremist Islamic W…
An Ohio history professor who wrote a controversial article about a homicide bomber in 2003 has received threats after a blog linked him to an extremist Islamic Web site….
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:19 am
Undocumented Immigrant?…..NOPE…..Saying it, doesn’t make it so….
Illegal Aliens are not Undocumented Immigrants……
They are illegal because they have broken the law to get here.
They are continuing to break the law by staying.
They are not immigrants because they are citizens of another country.
And UNDO…
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 am
Frances Surrenders to Swiss Troops Who Inadvertently Blitzkrieg Liechtenstein – Open Trackbacks…
Not really, but the headline screams for some gratuitous French bashing. Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein ZURICH, Switzerland — What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swi…
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
How to shut somebody the F Up…
You’re trying to read the in-flight magazine when the guy sitting next to you on the plane starts talking to you, won’t shut up or stop yammering.
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March 2nd, 2007 at 11:43 am
Darth Cheney’s Inconvenient Truth…
Go Big D!
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Vice President Dick Cheney told Democrats Thursday to stop "posturing" on Iraq, warning it was an "inconvenient truth" that the bloody conflict was the key front in the war on terror.
Cheney delighted…
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 am
The Plamegate Weekend OTB & Linkfest For Mar. 2-4,2007…
Hollywood TalesAnother Plamegate Fantasy coming to a movie screen near you:Warner Bros. is developing a feature on the lives of Valerie Plame and Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the married couple drawn into a D.C. firestorm.Plame’s status as a CIA agent wa…
March 2nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
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March 2nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Italian Minister Probed Over Former Terrorist [Weekend Open Trackback]…
Rome prosecutors are probing Welfare Minister Paolo Ferrero of the Communist Refoundation Party in connection with his controversial nomination of a former Red Brigade terrorist as part of a government advisory panel on drugs.
Ferrero has already annul…
March 2nd, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Great info, Angel! Thanks!
March 2nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Naive?…
So am I cynical or Mr. Newmark naive?…
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Listen to my New Jersey Accent…
if you would like to hear my New York City accent I will be live on Blog Talk Radio tomorrow, Saturday Morning at 7:30 A.M. Please tune in and if you have a particularly difficult question about libtards or libiots just phone in and ask me. If you happ…
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Who knows, but for this very reason you were placed in this position, at this place, at this time, for this purpose
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Alert For Moonbats: Criminals Don’t Obey Laws…
n contrast to media myth, none of the firearms in the study was obtained from gun shows.
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March 2nd, 2007 at 4:49 pm
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March 2nd, 2007 at 4:56 pm
The Book of Esther is such a wonderful truth. The power of prayer-fasting-and one womans love of her people. God is never mentioned in the Book of Esther, but God is all over every word and deed and between every line. God bless the Jews and may they celebrate this Purim remembering that God loves them-they are the apple of His eye!
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Spammers Gone Wild…
The Conservative Cat Blog Empire provides many important trackback services, including the Linkfest Haven open trackback parties, the Permanent Floating Ping Festival in our sidebar, and the Cat Lover Page. For this reason our throttle rate is much hig…
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Weekend Open Trackback…
Bring on your best posts people! Then, ponder this picture that looks suspiciously like a UFO. The strange glowing object hovered over my hotel room table and suddenly dissappeared when I turned the lights off. Trackposted to Outside the Beltway,…
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Voting Rights and Illegal Aliens…
Cross posted from Liberally Conservative The dirty little secret in towns and cities across the country is illegal immigrants, a.k.a. illegal aliens, a.k.a., undocumented workers have the right to vote or will gain that right soon. No, they will not…
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Weekend Open Trackback – Mar 2-4, 2007…
Weekend open trackback! Leave a trackback of your best post for others to read….
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Any holiday that requires drinking plus having a good time cannot be bad. Too bad they cannot coordinate purim with St. Patrick’s Day.
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Obamas Marxist Liberation Theology Church…
This article isnt so much about religion as it is about the politics of political revolution as fomented in all Liberation Theology churches….
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:53 pm
The Culture of Offendedness…
Here’s an excerpt from an article a student sent me: The Culture of Offendedness, by Albert Mohler A new and unprecedented right is now the central focus of legal, procedural, and cultural concern in many corridors–a supposed right not to…
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:30 pm
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March 2nd, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Democrats Slap Nutroots In Face…
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Didn't we hear about some sort of "mandate" that the Democrats got from the 2006 midterms?
WASHINGTON — Just hours after floating the idea of cutting $20 billion from President Bush's $142 billion req…
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:49 pm
The World According to Gorp…
The koolaid faithful of the environmental left are already on board, and if they want to play this game, then again, fine. But stop trying to impose your guilt trip, your religion on the rest of us who arent buying into your crisis, or into your …
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Coulter – she went too far…
Ann Coulter can be funny and very sharp. At times however, her rhetoric can get in the way of making a valid point….
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
American Idols Kellie Pickler…
Kellie Pickler was voted off American Idol during last years season. She didnt win the contest, but like so many other years the runners-up become more famous than the winners….
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:17 pm
One Flew Over The Cuckoo Clock…
On the lighter side…
- William Shakespeare
“(S)He was but as the cuckoo is in June, Heard, not regarded.
It’s good to be the Queen. You can issue such pronouncements. It will be interesting to see if she is obeyed.
The lady Senator doth pr…
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
It’s nice that we get at least one holiday that isn’t a downer.
Don’t worry though; Passover is right around the corner!
Truman
March 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 am
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March 3rd, 2007 at 6:54 am
I still haven’t figured out how to do trackback’s. **sigh**
HERE is my QUESTION OF THE WEEK.
Topic: What is the proper role of the federal government in education?
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:09 am
LA Times Goes Nutroots…
Oh, my. Amazing what passes for journalistic standards these days (h/t Michelle)
IF YOU HATED IT the first time, you might like the sequel better.
Remember Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the right-wing goon squad whose defamatory insinuations helped si…
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:13 am
Link Away Saturday…
Since yesterday’s was mildly successful, I figured I’d put up a trackback post for the weekend. Heck, I’ll even provide some content from my (way too early) morning surfing. Patterico provides an example of how not to try and pass……
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:47 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is Washington Hospital Center….
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 am
Sheik Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishaw fights Al-Qaeda…
A good news story you may not have read, Sheik Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishaw said “I swear to God, if we have good weapons, if we have good vehicles, if we have good support, I can fight Al Qaeda all…
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:05 am
I’m sure the MSM will tie into some from of oppressive Israeli policies
March 3rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
CPAC 2007 [Weekend Open Trackback]…
CPAC 2007. Blogosphere round-up: Captain’s Quarters, GOPProgress.com, Jules Crittenden, Hot Air, Riehl World View, Right Wing News, The American Mind, Power Line, Right Wing Nut House, The Corner, A Blog For All, Roger L. Simon, Sister Toldjah, The S….
March 3rd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
2008 Election Clown Circus…
It is time to stop the insanity. Ann Coulter was out of bounds for her nonsensical raving. I don’t follow her commentary much, and will only occasionally read her stuff online – usually when she steps in it. She’s an attention magnet when she says co…
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:57 pm
King Abdullah And Arab Hypocrisy…
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March 3rd, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Guinea pigs…
That really isn’t an answer. Could a Drug Company be using foreign children as test subjects for its vaccines and other drugs without getting consent?…
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
CAIR Admits Terrorist Ties…
Anti-CAIR tells all, CAIR Admits Officials Have Ties to Islamist Terrorism In a stunning revelation, Corey Saylor, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) government affairs director, on 2 March admitted that convicted Islamic terrorists were …
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:36 pm
On Being a Soldiers Family…
When someone asks about my children I always tell about my daughter first because I know as soon as I say my son is in Iraq the other person will get uncomfortable and the conversation will end….
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:13 pm
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March 3rd, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Improved hurricane forecasting possible…
There are two aspects of forecasting hurricanes, where and how strong.
The path of a hurricane or tropical storm is fairly well predicted within a 3 – 5 day window. The other part of the storm’s prediction is its intensity. Just how strong a storm….
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Apparently I’m a RINO…
I’ll wait a moment for those who actually know me, or have read my blog for any time now, to finish laughing and wiping the tears from their eyes…
March 3rd, 2007 at 10:28 pm
I have had those cookies…won’t even try to spell it. I thought they were very tasty…not too sweet, lots of bread like crust…almost a healty treat. Do you have a good recipe? My understanding is they are not easy to make…at least that is what the lovely Jewish lady who made them told me.
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Global Warming on Mars…
Global Warming on Mars can only mean one thing:
Solid proof that there is life on Mars and that the Martians are driving SUV’s….
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Bill Maher speaks, the left is silent…
Hypocrites. If the left allows Bill Maher to pass on this, then they should shut the hell up over Ann Coulter. I am sick of the double standard. I’m tired of the expectation that conservatives have to play nice. The left has figured out how to ex…
March 4th, 2007 at 12:11 am
Hi Angel!
Happy Purim!
My children went to a JCC daycare for a couple of years when we lived in Buffalo. I’m proud to say my sons sang “What do you like about shabbat?” loudest of all the children! We have some cute pictures of them in their Purim costumes that we made for them one year! Our eldest went as Judah Maccabee. Those were the days!
Hope you and yours are doing well!
March 4th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Die Cheney is OK, Faggot Edwards is Not…
Did you ever notice that the left is famous for fighting for rights? They are the champions of the people’s rights and they will fight for your right to (how come the Beastie Boys come to mind) do whatever you want and to say whatever you want, …
March 4th, 2007 at 4:42 am
Coulter is bad, Maher is ok – Nothing really changes with Liberals…
The outcry has continued against Coulter, and I am not surprised. The left and the right often combine their forces against her when she decides to push the envelope.
But likewise I am unsurprised that the left continues to ignore the outrag…
March 4th, 2007 at 4:54 am
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March 4th, 2007 at 4:54 am
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March 4th, 2007 at 9:38 am
The Knucklehead of the Day award…
Today’s winner is the University of Freiburg….
March 4th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
It is not fair that Jews get all of the fun holidays. To protest, I am celebrating them too! Happy Purim everyone!
March 4th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
thanks y’all for the great comments and links!…:)
March 4th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Japan’s prime minister denies their war crimes……
Japan is still in denial over their crimes from WW2, as their PM’s recent actions show, and even in Canada, there’s been plenty of anger…
March 4th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Truth and Hope Report: Weekend Review-CPAC…
Tonight we round up the news from CPAC, take a look Rudy’s liberal judge, as well as talking about pro-abortion opposition to giving ultrasounds, why giving Gardasil to young women is wrong headed, and how the American church lacks a wonder at the wo….
March 4th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
The cookies are called “Oznei Haman” in Israel, meaning, “Haman’s ears”.
I remember, way back, when I looked at a pic of Iran’s Rafsanjani when he was president, I thought to myself, “This is what Haman must have looked like!” He had a short (but not trimmed) mustache and a hat not unlike an Ozen Haman. But I was wrong. Ahmadinejad is the one.
To add the levity of Purim: I just laughed myself silly from something on Hot Air. Allahpundit has an item, Iran set to add atomic symbol to currency; on the front page, the subtitle is, “E. Pluribus Nukem.” Simply GREAT!
Merry Purim!
March 4th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Liberals do not really oppose the Iraq War…
liberals and leftists do not oppose war because they fear the loss of our soldiers’ lives or hate violence or worry about innocent civilians being killed or because war is stupid….
March 4th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Angel, have a happy Purim. Did u enjoy my “chicken” baby and “Sundae” gifta? Love to all. the flag of zion will overcome the Iranian fudge once ago.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
300 is political?…
I’ve been looking forward to seeing the movie 300 for awhile now and plan to see it on an IMAX screen this weekend…
March 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
The Importance of Honest Journalism…
Today, the anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin, is a good day to look back on one of the great liars of journalism, Stalin apologist Walter Duranty. Stalin was responsible for the deaths of about 20 million people. He built a system of gulags a…
August 9th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
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