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Volume Loud Number 2

Our first green issue made with 85% local and recycled materiel.
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There is a fundamental question that arises every Purim. How can
a religion that encourages spiritual growth and the dominance of our holy
nature over our base animalistic nature, encourage drinking ad dlo yoda?
Perhaps the answer lies in the teachings of the Purimdicker Rebbi Harav
Hagoan Ichbein A. Shoteh. In his ground breaking work, "The Gantza
Megilla on One Foot", in the chapter on
If you don't read the drinking, it says, "Consuming alcohol can
newspaper you are un- be a very uplifting experience, after all they
informed ... if you do don't call them spirits for nothing." He con-
read the newspaper you tinues, that while it is not widely known, it
are misinformed. is brought down that the preferred Purim
— Mark Twain beverage is wine. Most people believe this
is because wine played a pivotal role in the
Purim story (Achashverosh's party, Esther's parties). But the real reason
is, that Haman's downfall was due to his lack of appreciation for what he
had. He was always thinking he deserved more. In essence, we were
saved because Haman was a whiner. And that is the real reason we drink
wine on Purim.

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