On the ritual foods of the Purim seder

[cellio]

Shameless self-promotion:

As we know,[1] the evening meal for Purim starts with Wacky Mac, a dish that features four pasta shapes: wheels, shells, spirals, and tubes. What is less widely known is how we are to eat this ritual item. Like the Pesach seder a month later, the meal has specific requirements and specific meanings! And like at the Pesach seder, your child should ask you to explain why this night is different from all other nights and what the laws and customs are and what they mean. It is only because of the other celebratory aspects of this holiday that in most families the child is too inebriated to ask (and the parents too inebriated to answer). So prepare yourself now, so you can both fulfill the commandment and explain it to your child.

First, we must examine the symbolism. [...]

See the full article at Judaism Codidact.

Pass the wine! :-)

P.S. For the programmers, we have this question on type systems and the use of void -- more answers welcome!

Comments

[readera]

Lol! Happy Purim!

[goljerp]

Shouldn't it be Purim Diseder? (On purim, we're more about dis order than order... :-)

[rhialto]

I'd say that by avoiding something, you're still using a void... so there is no way to get out of this.

[jducoeur]

There is a strong temptation to sign up just so I can get into the Scala view of this, and the underlying significance of the types Unit and Nothing. If I have some time...

[cellio]

But we're very orderly about our disorder, it appears! I mean, just try to deploy that grogger at the wrong time!

[cellio]

Nice. :-)

[cellio]

Thanks! (Somehow I missed seeing this earlier, sorry.)

[cellio]

Signing up's lightweight, so I hope you will. Heads up, though: Purim Torah is seasonal and it'll get packed away until mext year at the end of Adar, which is Saturday. (On the other hand, we have a serious software community too, and while I haven't noticed any Scala questions yet, if they do come up or if I missed them or if there are things you want to share as self-answers, I hope you'll consider it. We are small now but aim to grow!)