[stylist] a poem

[Judith Bron]

Purim is not at all like Halloween.  Yes, people dress in costumes, but the 
similarities stop there.  Judith
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From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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> Why is Purim like our Halloween as Lori said?
> Barbara
>
> Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the 
> coldest hearts.
>
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> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 7:27 PM
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>> Purim usually falls in March.  Sometimes in February.  Like Lori said, 
>> the calendar is lunar so dates change every year.  The holiday of Sukkot 
>> has nothing to do with Purim and is always in September or October. 
>> Judith
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>> From: "Susan Tabor" <souljourner at sbcglobal.net>
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>> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 6:52 PM
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>>
>> Ah, I thought Esther's Feast of Purim came in March! Thanks for the good
>> information! And Happy Feast!--Shalom, Susan
>>
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>> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
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>> Esther's celebration is Purim, which occurs in March.   Look at that one 
>> as
>> our Halloween, but it commemorates Esther's saving of the Jewish people
>> from certain death.
>>
>> This is the feast of booths right now.   That is a harvest festival
>> (October, or thereabouts).   Our calendar is lunar, with leap months 
>> seven
>> times
>> every nineteen years.   I was born in a leap month, so I haven't had as 
>> many
>>
>> birthdays in the Hebrew calendar as you might think.
>> Lori
>> In a message dated 10/2/09 11:05:03 PM, poetlori8 at msn.com writes:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Is Sukkot the feast of the booths? You know, the one they were
>>> celebrating
>>> in Esther, I think? Uh, the harvest?
>>> Barbara
>>>
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