WHAT THE HELL IS PURIM? AND WHY TODAY? Go to a synagogue on March 15, the normal day for Purim and (if you are goyishe) you will think its a mix of Halloween and Mardi Gras .. kids trying to get candy from the rabbi,* lots of noise, adults dressed in stupefying costumes.
Purim?
*One memory, as a kid. With my colleagues, I snuck into Adas Israel and found the rabbi’s stash. Later we found out he was gay though this only would make sense if I could remember what sort of costume he wore, but then we did find his closet where kept the candy secret. We found it. We gorged ourselves.
I have no idea of what happened later but when the adults found out the rabbis was gay he disappeared! 