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| IDF won’t close off West Bank during Purim for first time in 5 years |
| 2022-03-17 |
| [IsraelTimes] |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 I enjoyed the stories like Samson and David's, where scores of 'philistinians' were getting slain every minute. |
| Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh 2022-03-17 23:48 |
| #4 Happy Purim, indeed. :-) The proper way to celebrate is Carnival/Fasching style: costumes, pastries (to use up the flour before Passover), listening to the reading of the story, and some insist it is necessary to get so drunk they can’t tell the difference between "Cursed be Haman" and "Blessed be Mordecai." |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-17 20:57 |
| #3 Not closing off the West Bank is huge. As countries slowly begin to normalize their relations with Israel, even the Palestinians are getting tired of acting like Palestinians. Happy Purim! (or however you say that) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-03-17 19:52 |
| #2 Yep. Book of Esther on the Old Testsment. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-03-17 16:10 |
| #1 “The festival of Purim commemorates the Divinely orchestrated salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day.” It is celebrated with Megillah readings, gifts of food, charity, feasting, and merriment.” |
| Posted by: Pa Cooky 2022-03-17 10:57 |