Dancing in the streets at Purim

March 18, 2008 - 1:00 PM by Hannah

I grew up loving Purim. It’s probably my favorite holiday.

Not only do I get to dress up, eat thousands of cookies, shout and yell in synagogue, but it is kind of required to drink oneself silly (really, it is written that on Purim one should get so drunk you can’t tell the difference between Haman (the bad guy) and Mordachi (the good guy).

My synagogue in the US obviously fulfilled all the requirements, but people drove to the temple, people had to go to work the day after, families would go listen to the story be read and that was kind of it.

Here, according to my Israeli friends, is completely different.

Living in Jerusalem, I’m going to see people dancing in the streets, songs will be sung everywhere and groggers will be handed out at every corner.

They tell me that if I think Saturday nights are wild in downtown Jerusalem, I’ll be blown away by Purim.

I’ll be dressing up as mini mouse, hanging out with my friends and noshing on Hamantashin till my stomach explodes, and I have never been more excited to do so!

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3 Comments on Dancing in the streets at Purim

  1. Eduardo Goldfarb on Tue, Mar 18th 2008 11:02 PM

    2. Dear Hannah :
    I am very proud of having a grandaughter like you and we liked your story in the blog.
    You may know that ,when I were 20 years old ,I was on the verge to emigrate to Israel,they were the days of the 56′ th war and I was prepared to fight
    but the war finished three or four days before I had the papers ready for the inmigration.
    May our lives would have changed completely.

    Love

    Grandpa & Grandma from Chile

  2. Global Voices Online » Israel: A Joyous Celebration of Purim on Fri, Mar 21st 2008 12:28 AM

    3. [...] Hannah of Israelity writes: I grew up loving Purim. It’s probably my favorite holiday. Not only do I get to dress up, eat thousands of cookies, shout and yell in synagogue, but it is kind of required to drink oneself silly (really, it is written that on Purim one should get so drunk you can’t tell the difference between Haman (the bad guy) and Mordachi (the good guy)… [...]

  3. Global Voices amin´ny teny malagasy » Isiraely: Fankalazana ampifaliana ny Porima on Sun, Mar 30th 2008 11:32 AM

    4. [...] Hoy i Hannah ao amin’ny Israelity: [...]

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