# Happy Purim! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549 "2010-02-26T18:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/1 "2010-02-26T18:59:33Z")
Happy Purim, everybody! I went over to the synagogue and picked up our hamantaschen at lunchtime today. We’ll be having Indian food for dinner after the Megillah reading at our synagogue tomorrow night. With all the snow, it’s hard to believe that Passover is only a month away. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/2 "2010-02-26T19:35:16Z")
I remember an Orthodox Rabbi hugging me one year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sonnenstrahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sonnenstrahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonnenstrahl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/3 "2010-02-26T19:56:14Z")
Happy Purim! Is it inappropriate to make Hamentaschen if you’re not Jewish? I know, no one cares what I do in my own kitchen, but is it cringe-worthy cultural appropriation? Because I’ve been hearing about them constantly this year and I really want to make some. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/4 "2010-02-26T20:10:55Z")
> [@Sonnenstrahl](#): > > Happy Purim! > > Is it inappropriate to make Hamentaschen if you’re not Jewish? I know, no one cares what I do in my own kitchen, but is it cringe-worthy cultural appropriation? Because I’ve been hearing about them constantly this year and I really want to make some. I certainly don’t think so. Go ahead and make your hamantaschen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/5 "2010-02-26T22:26:38Z")
**Everyone bow down to me! Bwah-hah-hah-hah!** I’m playing Haman in our temple’s Purimspiel tomorrow night! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/6 "2010-02-27T00:25:52Z")
Boo! Hissss! Helping you get into the mood. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/7 "2010-02-27T00:39:36Z")
Nice hat, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/8 "2010-02-27T06:27:10Z")
My very first stage appearance, in Sunday School kindergarten, was to play Haman riding a horse. And one year, I dropped the first hint that I might be gay . . . by insisting on dressing up as Vashti. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/9 "2010-02-27T16:55:36Z")
Purim sameach, everyone! 😃 I’m eschewing my synagogue’s big service tonight for a “hip hop megillah” party some friends are putting on, which will be either really good fun or really horrible (but should be memorable either way). My hamentaschen are sitting on the stove now…I think they’re saying, “Eat another one!” ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/10 "2010-02-27T17:33:54Z")
Hamantashen. Right up there with lekvar as one of my favorite words. And favorite things to eat. Chag somaach! (Happy holiday!) Yet another Jewish based around the notion that they tried to kill us, they failed, let’s eat! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/11 "2010-02-28T19:24:09Z")
The Persian community is sponsoring a public seuda this afternoon. Well, it is their holiday. Mmm, I love Persian food. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/12 "2010-02-28T23:51:00Z")
Update: The food at the seuda was from that region of Persia known as “China”. Silly me, thinking that a Persian feast for a Persian holiday would feature Persian food. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/13 "2010-03-01T05:47:25Z")
I love Purim. And I made hamentaschen for the first time ever as an adult (I used to help my mother, but she hasn’t made them since I was in my early teens), and they came out great - both good looking and tasty. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/14 "2010-03-01T08:36:01Z")
I made a miniature batch of hamentaschen for one, and I burned it. Chag sameach to me, huh? Hope everyone had a great holiday! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-purim/530549/15 "2010-03-01T08:45:36Z")
Ooh, I missed getting to this thread on time… :o Anyway, this year, what with school parties, and the weekend, and **a lot!!!** of rain… seems like everyone has been celebrating Purim on-and-off since last Wednesday and until today (officially in J’lem (and other really ancient cities), it’s one day later). Hag Sameach to those still [del]drinking[/del] celebrating! 🙂