Happy Purim!!!!!

[eumelia]

To all you Israelis and Jews you know what it's about, so חג שמח!!!!!!
To all you non-Jews; Purim is the holiday we celebrate through the story of Megilat Esther who saved the Jews of Persia many a year ago from persecution and execution from the evil Vasir Haman.
Yes, it is a celebration, and for the first time in years I actually had a really fun time at Synagogue(Shull).


First of all, you have to know that there are three Minyans at the specific Shul my sister and family goes to. The Conservative (which is the same sect that I go to in Israel), the Masorati (Traditional) and Reconstructionist (which is something totally American from what I understand).

At first it was the kiddy play of Megilat Esther (which bored me to tears) thankfully it was short so it wasn't total hell on earth.
Then came the reading of the Megila itself, which was okay, since it brought back memories of my childhood at my own Shul and all the רעשנים (noise makers?)... it brought me back.
Then Rami (my brother-in-law) came to me (I was in the back) and said he'd show me the other Minyans (we were at the Conservative one).

So we went to the Masorati one and let me tell you it was far from Traditional; #1 the man who was Davening (reading from the Megila) was this very hairy man dressed in Drag (who had a surprisingly good voice) both Rami and I looked at each other in shock.... this was a "Traditional" Minyan?! Go figure.
We very quickly found the alcohol and don't you know they had Vodka ha'Carmel, it was so cool, it was also the first time I had hard liqueur in months (not counting the Cosmos I had in Israel)... I love Vodka.
We then left the Masorati and went to the Recon Minyan which also had people in Drag, but these ones knew how to dress to impress, damn there were some hot Drag Queens there, no Drag Kings though.
It was a lot more subdued than the Masorati and I asked Rami if they were usually this way, he said no, and that it must be Purim that is causing this turn around :)
I met Rami's friend Shira, who read the Megila very nicely and a young woman named Vanessa who's going to be a Recon rabbi... she dressed as... I don't know what, but she wore a very revealing shirt and jeans cut do low her G-String was showing.
I told her I'd definitely come to any service she headed :).

That was my Purim... hope you all had a good one as well... again חג שמח!!!!!

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[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

Well, turning everything tupsy-turvy is a Mitzva on Purim, no? So everything else figures.