Purim safely zoomed.

Happy day today being Jewish and drinking and remaining safe!

Tonight is the Jewish Holiday of Purim and the food associated with Purim is the hamantashen - a triangular shaped cookie representing the hat of the terrible, horrible Haman, a man who tried to kill us. As in the old "joke": They tried to kill us, We survived. Lets Eat. ALSO - we celebrate and dress in costumes and adults drink to near oblivion, traditionally. Yes - we drink as we listen to the story of Purim and try to blot out of our hearing the name of bad Haman who is mentioned lots of time in the telling of the story (known as The Book of Esther or Megillat Esther -- the WHOLE megillah). 

So tomorrow I hope to be happy without a hangover and without having endangered anyone as I drove home from synagogue because this year we are doing services and readings over ZOOM because of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Thank you zoom! In the "old" days we tended to live and walk to synagogue so there was not a problem of driving under the influence (DUI). This year (and last) the need to socially distant and with the use of zoom we can drink to our heart's delight and be safe and hopefully not be hung over in the morning!

Thanks to zoom I can visit as many synagogues as I like to hear, drink, and eat on this and other holidays. Imagine - 24 hours of religious services mixing up foods and drinks and prayers and ideas and feelings and everything! Radical!