Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ HAPPY PURIM ~ March 20, 2011

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[Brad’s Gramma]

 

 

 

 

ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.

The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book of Esther. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia, and her cousin Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his daughter. Esther was taken to the house of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, to become part of his harem. King Ahasuerus loved Esther more than his other women and made Esther queen, but the king did not know that Esther was a Jew, because Mordecai told her not to reveal her identity.

The villain of the story is Haman, an arrogant, egotistical advisor to the king. Haman hated Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman, so Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish people. In a speech that is all too familiar to Jews, Haman told the king, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your realm. Their laws are different from those of every other people's, and they do not observe the king's laws; therefore it is not befitting the king to tolerate them." Esther 3:8. The king gave the fate of the Jewish people to Haman, to do as he pleased to them. Haman planned to exterminate all of the Jews.

Mordecai persuaded Esther to speak to the king on behalf of the Jewish people. This was a dangerous thing for Esther to do, because anyone who came into the king's presence without being summoned could be put to death, and she had not been summoned. Esther fasted for three days to prepare herself, then went into the king. He welcomed her. Later, she told him of Haman's plot against her people. The Jewish people were saved, and Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai.

The book of Esther is unusual in that it is the only book of the Bible that does not contain the name of G-d. In fact, it includes virtually no reference to G-d. Mordecai makes a vague reference to the fact that the Jews will be saved by someone else, if not by Esther, but that is the closest the book comes to mentioning G-d. Thus, one important message that can be gained from the story is that G-d often works in ways that are not apparent, in ways that appear to be chance, coincidence or ordinary good luck.

 

[MS.BEHAVIN]

~~Sunday Chapel~~

The Eagles~I Wish You Peace

A peaceful and blessed Lords Day to my Canteen family and to our Troops!

[luvie]

The Martins~He Leadeth Me
YouTube

God Bless you all!

[mylife]

Hey dere.
Just made a nice batch of fajitas for the week.

How’s your Sunday?

[luvie]

Godzilla....is that you?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Hey dere, you!
Missed you on the music thread last night.
Fajitas?
MMMmmmmm!!!
Sunny, but cool here today.
Mid 40s.
Just a quiet day puttering around doing chores.
Mike is out underneath Moxie, putting in new bushings..
It’s always someting!

[mylife]

Sunny and like 80 here. I didn't get a chance to get to the thread till late last night, and didn't want to stay up all night posting.

Stayed up all night watching goofy B grade monster movies anyway LOL Truly cheesy stuff LoL

Poor Mike! what have you done to Moxie! LoL

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I GUESS they were cheesy!
LOL
Poor Moxie is falling from together!
Car repairs were delayed while Mike was recovering, so the problems are really big, now.

[mylife]

I am sorry to hear that chores are piling up.

I hate that.

Hope they all get fixed.

[mylife]

Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd in an Arron Spelling thriller LoL

[MS.BEHAVIN]

It’ll be okay.
We will just tackle them as best we can.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I’m gonna watch that kooky movie later!
LOL

[mylife]

That’s all we can do.

[mylife]

It has really good screaming, and choreographed girls running ala “Charlies Angels” LoL

Cya later, gotta get laundry done.

[SevenofNine]

Unless Godzilla turn into hot looking Alaskan Politican NO

[SevenofNine]

They bombing part of Gaddari President palace

BBCWorld BBC Global News
Explosion in Tripoli - witnesses http://bbc.in/g9AgeB
5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[SevenofNine]

Even Al jazeera saying something

BreakingNews Breaking News
‘Huge explosion’ reported in the area of Gadhafi’s Bab al-Azizia compound - Al Jazeera correspondent http://bit.ly/g4zrO9
25 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Cya!
I’m going to market to pick up a few things.
last week, a head of lettuce was $2.69!
Fresh tomatoes were $3.99.
Sheesh!

[tiapam]

Great song, Luv! God Bless you, as well!

[SevenofNine]

Even Syria protesters going Laker fan on Govt building

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/03/2011320113138901721.html

[mylife]

$7 and ya dont even have a decent salad!