Esther, Ishtar, Morning Star

Posted by on Mar 20, 2008 in Holidays & Holy Days, Purim | 1 comment

Purim Prep -- Baking Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

It’s Purim, it’s Purim! Yay!!! Well, okay as of sundown it’s Purim — but why quibble?

Nothing to do this Purim? There’s a bevy of ways to honor the queen. Here in DC you can get your groove on at Play Nightclub, where there is going to be a rock-star style Purim Party.

And of course in NYC, R’Jill Hammer and Telshemesh will be having a Purim/Equinox celebration at the Manhattan JCC. Wish I could be there for that, but it’s just not going to happen this year.

It also looks like D’vorah Kelilah is having a ritual for those on the west coast. If you are in the San Francisco area, check out her website, www.shuvtamid.org, for local events.

If nothing else have a hammentashen and read the annual Telshemesh Purim Play!

Any more events people want to mention? Shout outs for all!

[tags]purim, esther, equinox, spring[/tags]


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1 Comment

  1. Medusa (aka Judith) / March 26, 2008

    Note the triangular shape of the hamentaschen. Supposedly they are the shape of villain Hamen's hat, but I've wondered for some time–how do we know the shape of Hamen's hat? I don't think men wore 3-sided hats at that time in the Ancient Near East. I think a good case could be made for these being the "remnants" of the Cakes for the Queen of Heaven dissed in the book of Jeremiah. They were baked around this time of year.