road trip

[cellio]

Gail (Ts'vee'a) agreed to go with me to Yaakov's (in DC) for Purim (I especially need a driver), so I get to spend that holiday with people who know how to celebrate it. Woo hoo! (I had opined to Yaakov that I had trouble getting into Purim, and he opined that I wasn't spending it with the right people. So now he gets to show me how good it can be.)

It's on a Tuesday this year. We're going to swoop in late Monday (after work), attend the morning megillah reading there, party, sober up, and drive back Tuesday night.

Whee!

Comments

[fiannaharpar.livejournal.com]

That sounds like so much fun! I hope that y'all enjoy yourselves. Purim sounds like such a wonderful celebration (I love happy celebrations).

[cellio]

I don't know where I heard this, but I like the following summary: They tried to kill us; we won; let's eat. :-)

[goljerp]

No, no, no, that's the Passover Seder:

We were slaves in Egypt, now we're free, let's eat.

Purim Should be: They tried to kill us; we won; let's drink.

:-)

Jewish Holiday Summary

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I've always heard the "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat" as a summary for any Jewish Holiday... most holidays can be summed up that way. But I definitely like the substitution..."let's drink" for Purim.

Re: Jewish Holiday Summary

[goljerp]

Well, there are several holidays like that to be sure. But I think that's an overgeneralization.

I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, so I'm going to indulge myself and overanalyze the joke:

* Rosh Hashannah: Today is the birthday of the World, let's eat.
* Yom Kippur: We're sorry about the stuff we've done, let's eat after 25 hours of fasting
* Sukkot: Our ancestors wandered in the desert; let's eat in a sukkah.
* Shmini Atzeret: Our ancestors could never leave a good party; let's eat, possibly in the sukkah, although not necessarily.
* Simchat Torah: We're going back to the beginning of the Torah; let's drink.
* Hannukah: They tried to assimilate us, we won; let's eat.
* Tu B'shvat: Trees are really wild, dude, let's eat fruit and nuts.
* Purim: (already done)
* Passover: (already done)
* 9th of Av: Bad things always happen to us today; let's not eat.
* Shavuot: Our ancestors got the torah; let's eat dairy.