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Haveil Havalim #15 - The Purim Carnival!

Foreward: Welcome to Haveil Havalim #15, the Purim Carnival for the Jewish year 5765. I have updated and edited this without clear demarcations. I have also added to it several times since I first posted it. (i.e. the content is rather disorganized.) As befitting something having to do with Purim, I'll have it finished once Purim is over! (Though there's still some time left for those in ancient walled cities.) So without further ado here's Haveil Havalim, the Purim edition:
Mirty Gets Married provides us with, among other things, the Unitarian view of Purim as well as her own take on the holiday. Purim easy? Try making 30 sets of Shalach Manos for your children's teachers and friends! And delivering them! Especially on a Friday when the Seudah (festival meal) is at 11 AM!

Not quite perfect introduces us to fractal art via a Digital Hamentashen. This reminds me of an article in the WSJ years ago about mathematical topologists. The article informed us that topologists claim that doughnuts and coffee cups are topologically equivalent. Someone then noted wryly that topologists can't tell the two items apart.

Mystical Paths (re-)suggests a worthy organization to support with your gifts of Matanot Le'evyonim on Purim in Matanot Le'evyonim - Gifts for the Poor.

Critical Mastiff draws a contemporary lesson from Mordechai's refusal to bow.

Out of step Jew tells the ongoing saga of Reb Yankele Doniel to the music of the Naarei Chof. ( Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4 and Part5) I love the lyrics:

Well, the Vilna girls are smart
I really dig those books they read

I tell people that I married my wife for her sefarim (i.e. Jewish books).

DovBear has kindly grouped together links to all 9 parts of his Purim Shpiel in which he compares President Bush (unfavorably) to King Achashveirosh. In the spirit of Jblogger comity I will withhold my retort.

Neither Here nor There pokes fun of Israel's government.

Bloghead asks for the best Purim blogs and (courtesy of DovBear) points us to OnlyTzaras. A commenter points to the always excellent Bangitout.com. Life-of-Rubin, in the spirit of the day, introduces us to a new Jewish musical artist.

I am not done yet, I plan to post more tonight. I hope this whets your appetite for more (vain) Purim blogging fun!

Shiloh Musings invites you to Shiloh - home of Eli and Samuel - for Purim. Actually she invited you as the post is a repeat of last year's.

Thanks to blogdigger I discovered that Hawaii for Purim is also an option. (Though not as spiritually uplifting as Shiloh is!)

An e-mail from my brother in Israel pointed me to Modern Orthodoxisms at the AJHistory blog. Also at AJHistory is how the blogger will celebrate Purim.

Velveteen Rabbi has her thoughts on Purim - including a link here, thanks - and a number of links around the web.

Sha! considers the "retirements" of a number of modern day Hamans. And celebrates their absence.

Jewlicious compares Purim to St. Patrick's day. Plus the lowdown on some Purim movies.

Boker Tov Boulder not only has a Dvar Torah by R' Gavriel Goldfeder but also a link to plenty of "light bulb' jokes. I guess you could say it has Purim and Torah.

Israelly Cool! wishes all a happy Purim, directs those who would like to know more about Purim to appropriate websites and in the spirit of the day provides us with a number of Purim pickup lines. Guys: this is a warning - don't try them if you're married or drunk. I'm not sure they'd work if you're single and sober either.

Rishon-Rishon gives us a summary of the Megillah (scroll of) Esther as well as some of the laws and customs of Purim and, as his wont, provides plenty of textual background too.

Congregation Ahavas Yisroel of Kew Gardens Hills gives a rundown of the proper procedures for having a Purim Seudah (feast) tomorrow - or later today! And may I mention that CAYKGH is right accross the street from Etz Chaim whose Rabbi is one of my best friends! (Warning: your times may be different.)

Clarity and Resolve treats to a picture of two Israeli soldiers treating themselves to Hamentaschen and sends Purim wishes his Jewish friends and readers.

I'm not done yet. I'm still working on my Purim post. I hope to finish it after Shabbos. And while you won't be reading this until after Purim (in all likelihood) I have a Purim Torah riddle. I'll leave posting open until Sunday. If you see anymore good Purim posts, please send them my way at dhgerstman at hotmail dot com.
Where is the the smallest baker mentioned?
Esther 8:8 "..v'nachtom b'tabaas ha-melech"
Literally that means: "... and sealed with the king's ring." But the word "nachtom" in Hebrew also means "baker".

Finally, I have up my contribution to the Purim Carnival "Blessed Paranoia."

Also, I've discovered belatedly that parshablog has his Purim posts up. He helpfully indexed them here.

Kesher Talk also has a collection of Purim related post.

We'd like to welcome two new hosts in the coming weeks:
Haveil Havalim #16 is scheduled to be hosted by CriticalMastiff on April 3. e-mail him from now until April 2 at orendog at yahoo dot com.

Haveil Havalim #17 is scheduled to be hosted by MysticalPaths on April 10. e-mail him at akivam at gmail dot com.

Thanks guys for being willing to take on Haveil Havalim. And Thank you all for reading. I must stress that I don't agree with everything I've linked to. But I think there's something nice about knowing how different people feel about Purim.

Continue reading to see the list of past hosts.

#14 Multiple Mentality
#13 IsraPundit
#12 DovBear
#11 Kesher Talk
#10 Biur Chametz
#9 Soccer Dad
#8 It's Almost Supernatural
#7 Bloghead
#6 Willow Tree.
#5 Crossing the Rubicon2
#4 Dov Bear
#3 Biur Chametz

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