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It's once again time for Jewish Carnival, when we celebrate an ancient Persian dick-waving contest that escalated quickly to a planned genocide, narrowly averted by a beauty pageant winner!

But never mind all that, let's focus on what's really important: Cookies!


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!חג פורים שמח
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Apricot and....prune?

What, no recipe?
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Poppyseed, please ♥️
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Scooter wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:10 pm
Apricot and....prune?

What, no recipe?
Take your pick: The-100-Best-Hamantaschen-Recipes-of-All-Time. Allegedly.

My personal favorite is poppyseed ("mohn"), but I'm also good with the other traditional fruit flavors (apricot, raspberry, strawberry, prune).
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Guinevere wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:17 pm
Poppyseed, please ♥️
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Sue U wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:18 pm
Guinevere wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:17 pm
Poppyseed, please ♥️
Girl after my own heart! Why am I not surprised?
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Guinevere wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:24 pm
I spent my time at Cornell learning the important things.
Yes you did, obvs.
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For the benefit of us Goyim, please explain "ancient Persian dick-waving contest that escalated quickly to a planned genocide, narrowly averted by a beauty pageant winner!" I'm unsure as to why that might be celebrated.
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From Wiki:
Purim (/ˈpʊərɪm/; Hebrew: About this soundפּוּרִים (help·info); Pûrîm, "lots", from the word פור, "pur", translated as 'lot' in the Book of Esther, perhaps related to Akkadian pūru, "stone, urn";[2] also called the Festival of Lots) is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, an Achaemenid Persian Empire official who was planning to kill all the Jews, as recounted in the Book of Esther (מגילת אסתר, "Megillat Ester" in Hebrew; usually dated to the 5th century BCE).

Haman was the royal vizier to King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I or Artaxerxes I of Persia, "Khshayarsha" and "Artakhsher" in Old Persian, respectively),[3][4][5][6] and he planned to kill all the Jews in the empire. His plans were foiled by Mordecai and Esther, his cousin[7] and adopted daughter who had become Queen of Persia. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing.

According to the Scroll of Esther,[8] "they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor." Purim is celebrated among Jews by:

Exchanging gifts of food and drink known as mishloach manot
Donating charity to the poor known as mattanot la-evyonim[9]
Eating a celebratory meal known as a se'udat Purim
Public recitation ("reading of the megillah") of the Scroll of Esther, known as kriat ha-megillah, usually in synagogue
Reciting additions to the daily prayers and the grace after meals, known as Al HaNissim
Other customs include wearing masks and costumes, public celebrations and parades (Adloyada), and eating hamantaschen ("Haman's pocket"); men are encouraged to drink wine or any other alcoholic beverage.[10]

According to the Hebrew calendar, Purim is celebrated annually on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar (and it is celebrated on Adar II in Hebrew leap years which occur every two to three years), the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies. In cities that were protected by a surrounding wall at the time of Joshua, Purim was celebrated on the 15th of the month of Adar on what is known as Shushan Purim, since fighting in the walled city of Shushan continued through the 14th day of Adar.[11] Today, only Jerusalem and a few other cities celebrate Purim on the 15th of Adar.

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Read the book of Esther.

Short version - Esther is married to the king of Persia. Mordecai, Esther's uncle, refused to bow to Haman, the king's chief minister, so Haman tricks the king into issuing an edict ordering the killing all the Jews in Persia. Esther pleads to the king to save her people, so the king hangs Haman and authorizes the Jews to take up arms to defend themselves against those who would have killed them. A general slaughter of the enemies of the Jews ensues, and the Jews celebrate by inaugurating the feast of Purim.
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Scooter wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:53 am
Read the book of Esther.

Short version - Esther is married to the king of Persia. Mordecai, Esther's uncle, refused to bow to Haman, the king's chief minister, so Haman tricks the king into issuing an edict ordering the killing all the Jews in Persia. Esther pleads to the king to save her people, so the king hangs Haman and authorizes the Jews to take up arms to defend themselves against those who would have killed them. A general slaughter of the enemies of the Jews ensues, and the Jews celebrate by inaugurating the feast of Purim.
Haman and Mordecai were both being jerks. But they lived in a time and place where the consequences for perceived disrespect to authority were severe (witness the opening scene, where Queen Vashti is promptly banished for refusing an order to appear -- some say naked but for her crown -- at the king's drunken revel, which is how the job opening was created for Esther).

What has always fascinated me about the Book of Esther is that the ostensibly Jewish heroes are evidently so highly assimilated into Elamite society that even their personal names are those of Babylonian gods -- Marduk and Ishtar -- and the story involves absolutely no action on the part of Yahweh. For a "biblical" story, it is an entirely secular narrative of court intrigue, and the heroine and savior of her people is not a model of piety or religious devotion.
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