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Post by medic09 on Mar 9, 2009 3:05:15 GMT -5
While it is quiet in the ED, I want to take a moment and wish all you holy nurses a PURIM SAMEAH!
;D
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Post by Rivka P on Mar 9, 2009 17:54:48 GMT -5
YEAH~! Purim Samayach!! ;D   |
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Post by mypprincess on Mar 10, 2009 1:13:11 GMT -5
Does any of you dress up? How about your kids?
I typically dress up every year with something small. This year, being in the sheloshim I won't. Unable to buy costumes I had to come up with something original. This morning we were still unsure what to do. Until my kids came up with this great creative idea. They all took oversize tan colored or jeans pants, oversize T-shirts. HUGE woolen tzitsis on top fastened in place with a thick rope around their waste. They even worked real hard to make their payos messy. The only thing we had to buy was the huge na nach nachmu kapel. They run around singing "mitzvah gedola liyos besimcha tumid" (composed by Nachman himself) and they have never been happier with expensive costumes. Actually, they are even happier. (its more comfortable)
And to top it off, my in laws supplied me with cute na nach stickers which they will now plaster all over themselves...
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Post by achot on Mar 10, 2009 3:14:26 GMT -5
During my year of Aveilus , I said extra tehillim in my fathers memory- esp the tehillim of his age when he died ( he was 66 so I read- Samech Vav). This gave me some comfort.
Purim is different for you this year, Lakol Zeman Va'Et
Great costume for your kids- mine became street sweepers... I had to teach them the right end of the broom of course :-)
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Post by Rivka P on Mar 11, 2009 15:01:41 GMT -5
This year I dressed up as a farmer's wife (or daughter) with pigtail braids in my fall with a bandana, a plaid shirt and a denim skirt. I drew freckles on with eye pencil. This was inspired by my daughter's peapod costume, as my husband says, "you grew her."
Her costume (bought from Ebay) actually didn't really work out so well because it was too hot and too small for her. As you say, I do think homemade costumes are gonna work out best for us.
I believe you are never too old to dress up. Everyone should get into the Purim spirit!
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Post by medic09 on Mar 11, 2009 19:40:39 GMT -5
I'm too stodgy.
I encourage others dressing up, but I wear Shabbat/Yom Tov clothes.
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Post by achot on Mar 12, 2009 2:33:06 GMT -5
So (be creative with the interpretation) you dress as a diplomat or an ambassador, a manequin for a mens dressy clothing store, or just a chattan (in Israel many just wear white shirts and shabbat pants with sandalim!!).
Put your own creative spin on the clothes your wearing!!
The point of costumes is not to imitate Halloween as is often thought ("Purim is the Jewish Holloween"---NOT) but to emphasize the point of Haster Panim .
If I could dress up- so can you- even if all you do is put on a funny hat and a Groucho Marx fake eyeglasses- nose - mustache or something!!!
You can wear your Shabbat clothes with that
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Post by medic09 on Mar 12, 2009 8:21:18 GMT -5
Well, for one thing the Rema writes in the Shulhan Aruch that 'some are accustomed to wear Shabbat or Yom Tov clothes, and that is correct.'
For another, all the times that I visited with figures such as Rav Mordechai Eliyahu yibadel l'haim or Rav Shaul Yisraeli or others as a young man on Purim, I found them dressed as the Rema mentions. So that is what made an impression on me.
I think costumes are great. I encourage it. Just not my personal thing.
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Post by Rivka P on Mar 12, 2009 14:30:53 GMT -5
Medic, I think my husband agrees with you. I really wanted him to dress like a farmer this year and I thought he would, but he just wore his nice black suit... like most of the other men in my shul.
My dad wore a big orange birthday hat. :-)
How do I post a photo?
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Post by medic09 on Mar 12, 2009 16:30:41 GMT -5
Don't tell my wife, but if SHE had costumed and asked me to join, I might have done something at least mildly silly. Cat in the Hat hat, or some such. As it is, she barely made it from work in time for a seudah before sundown. For about 13 years now, I've had to go wherever she is stuck for work and read the megillah for her on her lunch break. In earlier years, at night, too.l This year another Jewish colleague joined us in her office. It was the first time since childhood. My wife had made sure to bring her mishloah manot in the morning, so it was all very sweet.
Other forums I belong to, 'Reply' includes a button for uploading photos. Don't see one here. The 'Tags' bar includes and 'image' tag, but I don't know how to use it.
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Post by chanab on Mar 15, 2009 11:02:12 GMT -5
For a pre Purim carnival I dressed up as tree, green wig and brown clothes - "good gallow wood" (Not morbid or anything). On Purim itself I dressed up as a nurse  B"H they let me come late so I could hear megillah in the AM, and leave early for the seuda. And I wasn't too late to the seuda after staying a little later to prep for a possible JCAHO inspection the next day that B"H didn't happen, but may still. Nothing like the threat of JCAHO to make your Purim happy. |
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Post by medic09 on Mar 15, 2009 11:31:52 GMT -5
So Chana, were you an Ent? |
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Post by chanab on Mar 15, 2009 12:07:20 GMT -5
I don't get it. Stupid moment.
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Post by medic09 on Mar 15, 2009 12:53:25 GMT -5
I don't get it. Stupid moment. NO, it's a Lord of the Rings thing. Ents were the ancient tree people in one of the books/movies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EntI'm a font of useless information. If I could only retain the holy Torah the same way... |
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Post by chanab on Mar 31, 2009 4:32:22 GMT -5
If only, right?
When I was thinking about it more, I thought maybe you meant ENT as in ears nose THROAT cuz of hanging...
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B"H they let me come late so I could hear megillah in the AM, and leave early for the seuda. And I wasn't too late to the seuda after staying a little later to prep for a possible JCAHO inspection the next day that B"H didn't happen, but may still. Nothing like the threat of JCAHO to make your Purim happy.