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Schooled as I was in the sections of the Equal Rights Amendment, Augmentin 875-125 mg, I didn't study a lot of Torah; Reform Jews in the 70s read Marlo Thomas' Free to Be You And Me to their daughters instead of the Pirkei Avot. I didn't yet know the marked differences in the assimilated American lifestyle of my family and the daily rituals observance performed by Orthodox Jews or the separation between men and women in all facets of home, prayer and work, augmentin for tooth abscess.

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But I'm not Orthodox, and I don't know jack about what it's like to be told I can't be something because I'm a woman.

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And then all the Jews lived happily ever after, or until the next pogrom. Augmentin 875mg, (What, you're looking for something a little more educational. Then go here. Or here. But not here.)

Now we party. 'Cause even though this megillah isn't in the Torah and doesn't mention any Divine influences, we are obligated by the rabbis as good (I mean, bad, BAD!) Jews to "drink until we do not know the difference between 'cursed be Haman' and 'blessed be Mordechai.'" There you have it — a Talmudic edict to get sh*tfaced. (I know my friend Uber Shiksa Chick is gonna go hogwild on this.)

Anyone who's witnessed El Yenta Man and I dressed as Queen Vashti and Bad Haman (respectively) handing a flask back and forth over the synagogue pews know that the Yenta household takes Purim very seriously, augmentin 875mg. The Wild Turkey has already been poured to bring to Sunday morning services, but I assure the parents of my Shalom Schoolers that I will not be breaking it out until I safely return your children to you. After that, I take no responsibility for my actions and may have to be peeled off the bima while performing a blistering rap that combines the lyrics of Lady Gaga and "Shalom Aleichem."

Other Purim traditions involve delivering mishloach manot (bags of treats similar to Easter baskets except Jews hate pastels) and performing practical jokes. Do you think egging my in-laws' house could count as both.

Oh, and you know I can't let a Purim pass without reposting Shabot6000's perfectly brilliant Purim parody:

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Hope y'all had an easy fast - s'sorry I've been MIA, but El Yenta Man and I celebrated our 10th anniversary of marriage by NOT putting up a sukkah and jetting off to Puerto Rico. Don't ask where my tan is - it rained the whole time. But we had some close encounters of the Jewish kind, which I promise to fill you in on after I've caught up at work and uploaded photos. In the meantime, please entertain yourself with the perverse knowledge that someone has come up with even worse headgear than the Croc Kippah: The Sarah Palin Sheitl. (Tip o' the doily to Adam at the JEA.)
Some Jews' hideous treatment of animals is receiving yet more negative attention, this time surrounding the mysterious ritual of kapores, the custom of swinging a live chicken 'round one's head the day before Yom Kippur. JTA reports that dumpsters full of rotting chickens were discovered after the High Holy Days in Brooklyn last year - the trash bags numbering into the hundreds. This constitutes consumer fraud, according to a complaint that PETA has lodged against one kapporot center in Crown Heights. Since those who participate in the custom expect that the chickens will be donated to charity, and "the center knew it was selling and killing more chickens than it could process, its actions constituted deceptive advertising and consumer fraud, as well as a violation of the principle of 'ba’al tashchit,' or wasteful, wanton destruction." The idea is that one's sins are transferred to the fowl while it's dizzily squawking. But even Maimonides criticized this voodoo-esque ritual as "superstitious" back in the 11th century, and Chabad's explanation doesn't seem too complimentary:
The reality is that there is no magic in kapores which transfers a person's sins to the chicken. Even in the days of the Temple, sins were not magically transferred to an animal. The entire purpose of kapores is to create an experience that inspires a person to teshuvah, that is to return to G-d and to repent. All the sacrifices — and chickens — in the world will not result in forgiveness, unless teshuvah takes place.
The whole business seems pretty freakin' nasty. I had never even heard of kapores until I started this blog and fell into the giant Jewish portal of the many Torah education sites - there just wasn't too much chicken-swinging happening in Arizona suburbs in the 80s. But even as I inch my way ever-so-slowly towards a more halachic life, I can guarantee the Yenta Family will always sit this one out. The good news is that according to some, you can fulfill the terms of kapores by waving money, reciting a few pslams and sticking the cash in the tzedakeh box. Way more humane and smells better.
havdalahHere at Yenta headquarters, religious traditions tend to devolve into momzer moments. In spite of our best intentions, someone's always eating off the seder plate or playing "Taps" on the shofar. Look, we try. But y'know, dancing, davening, whatever. Here's the Yenta's recommendations for a groovin', Shavua Tov: 1. "L'Cha" by The Chevra. Get the party started with the tune that made frum fashionable - check out David Lavon's famous inspirational moves. 2. "Water" by Mastiyahu. Could this be complete without a track from Judaism's reggae rock star? 3. "Chiribim" by Golem Old Country meets hot hipsters. Nothing like a little post-punk accordion to get heads bobbing! 4. "Hava Nagila" by the Hip Hop Hoodios Plenty of beat flava for the whole family, except for the masturbation reference. And surely they're saying "I'm a Jew for Cheeses"...right? 5. "Bar'chu/Sh'mama" by the Original Jewish Gangsters The album Hip Hop Shabbat has been on heavy rotation here for years - there IS such a thing as sacred rhyme, yo. 6. "L'Cha Dodi" by Craig Taubman The Yenta's favorite silver fox delivers Shabbat's #1 tune in loopy Dixieland jazz format. 7. "Not By Might, Not By Power" by Debbie Friedman The kids dig this one, plus it comes with built-in choreography. 8. "Hamavdil" by Pharoah's Daughter There may be some Grateful Dead-esque Sufi spinning happening about now in your livingroom... 9. "Eyes of a Child" by Hamsa Lila Continuing on the psychedelic trance train, an elevated perspective is inevitable. 10. "T'Shuatam" by Neshama Carlbach Kick off the week with screaming guitars and infectious drums - this lady's always good for the neshamah, 'aight? There it is - a rhythmic recipe for a fabulous week! Anyone have any suggestions for Version 2.0?
WTF ya gonna do with all that leftover matzah once Passover is over? Yenta favorites Michelle Citrin and Shabot6000 have some fabulous suggestions:
Welcome to this mutha of all odes to the other three-cornered delight- from the Goddess Perlman of Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad. Lego people aside, this one ain't for the kids.
Brandon Walker seems like a cute little mensch and all with his "Chinese Food on Christmas" but Yidcore's "Punk Rock Chanukah" is much more the Yenta's speed.
sukkotGood lord, October already? Wow. Lots of things I should be addressing, such as a belated but racous "Chag Sameach!" to all those hanging out in their huts nibbling on fruit and nuts. The best thing about decorating the sukkah (besides the obvious Jewish parent favorite of telling the children that it's sooo much nicer than tinseling up a dead tree in the dead of winter) is the regional variety of traditional adornments. In California we strung cranberries and the usual oranges and lemons along with the requisite paper chains all of us remember from religious preschool along with a few redwood cones. Since the whole point (according to me) of Sukkot is to get back to the land, you know Savannah has to have its own unique vegetative offering for the straw ceiling: Peanuts and snap beans. No kidding. Isn't that cool? They looked so pretty hanging there, but man, raw peanuts are a b*tch to string. At least they weren't boiled; now that's some nastiness. In a fabulous convergence of traditional holiday and my personal hippie tendency towards worshipping nature, El Yenta Boy and I traveled to Flat Rock, NC this past weekend for the Southeast Women's Herbal Conference to camp in the woods and learn about the medicinal and spiritual qualities of wild plants. (His was one of only three penises there - and the only circumcised one.) It occured to me while we were sitting in the grass eating our quinoa and bulghur salad and organic greens with 400 strong, Shekinah-fired women that our Jewish mitzvah of being outdoors and thanking God for the bounty of the earth is something much more primal and came long before the Torah. My decades-long experience as a tree-hugging dirt worshipper has brought me more wisdom than going to synagogue; call me a heretic, but I'm just one of those tactical, stick-my-finger-in-it types. El Yenta Boy, being more cerebral, made his own connections and asked every person there if they were Jewish. "But they love the earth just like we do; isn't that Jewish?" Mmm, I love my smart, soulful kid. As far as the other events I've missed blogging about, like the New York visit from everyone's most unfavorite Iranian with the Napoleonic complex ("We don't have homosexuals like you do"? Please.) and the legal judgment of Britney Spears as the Worst Wannabe Jewish Mother EVER (I'm praying for her, I am!) seem far away as the wind blows the leaves off the magnolias. Even the discovery of a Nazi war criminal practically in my backyard can't bring me down as I smell the air shift into autumn, the best of all seasons. Isn't it better to watch the leaves change than watching TV? *Artwork from Kumah.org; can't find the artist's name.

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