tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33689950.post6758098050774579212..comments2023-09-24T13:36:00.981+01:00Comments on The night and half-light of dreams: Purim SameachPragmatic Mystic http://www.blogger.com/profile/08877990361303745003noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33689950.post-4220557678264510852007-03-07T20:25:00.000+00:002007-03-07T20:25:00.000+00:00In the Middle Ages in England there were similar e...In the Middle Ages in England there were similar events in the church to those happening in Adar - among children at schools there would have been a child appointed who was 'Lord of Misrule'... Is today more sanitised? 'Fraid so.<BR/><BR/>Can we see anything in the church as unrestrained as what you describe? 'Fraid not. It wouldn't be proper/dignified... More self control? More anal retention? More tedium? (At least you can then appreciate the greater joy expressed at Purim, not that that legitimises things in the church!)<BR/><BR/>Yours sincerely,<BR/><BR/>fan of Esther (and of Irim!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33689950.post-62596363110116428272007-03-06T12:33:00.000+00:002007-03-06T12:33:00.000+00:00*Sigh*I thought as much, but I love it anyway, apo...*Sigh*<BR/><BR/>I thought as much, but I love it anyway, apocryphal though it may be. Probably because I imagine that must be how she felt and what she might have said to God in the privacy of her room.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing Paul didn't say, "so much rubbish" either... ;-)<BR/><BR/>IxxPragmatic Mystic https://www.blogger.com/profile/08877990361303745003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33689950.post-65056876232768683062007-03-06T12:20:00.000+00:002007-03-06T12:20:00.000+00:00of course, esther 14 isn't in the hebrew text, but...of course, esther 14 isn't in the hebrew text, but appears to be a later addition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com