tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10494827.post2685192339986188493..comments2023-08-06T11:27:32.984-04:00Comments on on chanting: 642. Mirroralto artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07101176587462737940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10494827.post-43449762151207339332008-02-28T13:53:00.000-05:002008-02-28T13:53:00.000-05:00I hadn't thought about your second point, that we ...I hadn't thought about your second point, that we are like God when we are masked... a whole other, challenging dimension to consider. We try to "do" Purim at my synagogue in the most outrageous (and often offensive) way possible--it doesn't always work, but the attempt is never dull!<BR/><BR/>--aa.alto artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07101176587462737940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10494827.post-33472031348865144002008-02-28T13:01:00.000-05:002008-02-28T13:01:00.000-05:00The teaching that Yom HaKippurim is actually a yom...The teaching that Yom HaKippurim is actually a yom k'Purim challenges me, because while I've grown to find Yom Kippur transcendent and powerful and sweet, I've never really "gotten" Purim in the same way. Though I like the idea that on Purim we connect with the reality of how well and thoroughly we mask ourselves -- just as God masks God's-self in the megillah, not directly appearing even once.rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.com