02-18-2019, 12:32 PM
(01-16-2019, 02:09 AM)nili Wrote:(01-16-2019, 12:42 AM)Chavak Wrote:(01-16-2019, 12:36 AM)nili Wrote: One of my least favorite Jewish 'holidays' has always been Purim, but the JPS Bible Commentary: Esther (by Adele Berlin) has done much to make the text more palatable to me.
What have you not liked about Purim?
He wanted to kill us. We turned the tide. Yay us - let's relish our victory by slaughtering them by the thousands. Please pass the hamentashen.
This presupposes that the Jews of that ancient time actually had a choice in the matter regarding how to survive and protect themselves. I don't think that the story of Esther could have possibly had a happy ending for everyone involved. The moral of the story (for those who would destroy us) is: "That's what you get."
!לחיים