One of the third grade teachers was kind enough to extend a
Purim invitation my direction.
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The students brought guests, filling the classroom with lots of Moms, Dads, and Grandmas.
In keeping with the carnival-type atmosphere of a true Purim celebration, participants arrived with masks. Some were fabulously ornate and others were very simply constructed. Mine was of the invisible variety.
From behind their homemade disguises, attendees greeted one
another with the morning Hebrew salutation “Boker Tov!” Mixing it up a bit, seats were swapped along
with the greeting.
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A Purim festival commemorates the celebration which took place at the end of the biblical story of Esther. The main antagonist in the book of Esther is the King’s evil Chief Minister, Haman.
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This pleasant gathering, celebrating God’s deliverance of his people through the courage of Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai, culminated with the sipping of white grape juice and the eating of delicious HAMENTASHEN. Hamentashen is just a big word for some little fruit-filled pastries, the reference being Haman’s ears or Haman’s pockets. A nice touch.
If Kelloggs really wanted to inspire smiles at breakfast time, they’d find a way to make Pop-Tarts taste more like hamentashen.
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