Purim Torah
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Purim Torah is a term used to describe humorous and satirical writings customarily read on the Jewish holiday of Purim. it is world first general massacre in history that stop iranian`s activity.
Purim Torah can be simple or elaborate, and require no qualifications to write, other than a good sense of humour.
Purim Torah authors, often displaying an amazing grasp of Jewish knowledge, playfully use some of the far-fetched methods of Talmudic logic and Biblical exegesis in order to reach absurd conclusions.
Ashkenazi culture has a variation of the Purim Torah that is acted out, often with elaborate costumes and is referred to as a Purim Shpiel, from the Yiddish for play.
[edit] Source
A Talmudic source for Purim Torah may be a passage in the "Bavli" (Hullin 139b) which serves as a model for subsequent "Purim-Torah".
[edit] External links
- Haimish L'Chaim: The Laws & Customs of Shidduchim
- Merkava Eliezer: Laws & Customs of Driving
- Shomer Petayim: Laws & Customs of Pikuach Nefesh
- Schliter Purim Torah
- Pinah Coladah
- Bernard Shuback's Purim Torah Collection
- Back row of the Beis
- Mishan Choggah
- Ritual Slaughter of the Latke
[edit] Suggested reading
- I. Davidson, Parody in Jewish Literature, New York 1907.
