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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 23-26, 2013 C-3 The Park Record Purim is about Esther's courage Service will be held at Temple Har Shalom "Mordecai raised Esther and is the one who invokes Haman's rage against the Jews because he didn't bow down to Haman," Greenfield said. "He also saves the king's life and the king forces Haman to honor Mordecai, which only makes Haman angrier." By SCOTT IWASAKI Esther, on the other hand, The Park Record risked her life to save the Jewish people in Persia. In the ancient Persian city of "If she didn't do what she did, Shushan, some 2,500 years ago, there would have been a good a Jewish woman named Esther chance that she may have lived saved her people from being and the Jews may have died," killed by a man name Haman. Greenfield said. Haman was the advisor to EsThe word purim means "lots," ther's husband, King Ahasuerus, as in the "casting of lots," Greensaid Michael Greenfield, director field said. of education and programming at "The holiday is named Purim Temple Har Shalom. because Haman had cast lots to "According to the story, the choose the day on which he was king was essentially much more going to kill the Jews," he said. interested in drinking and party- "The lesson of the story is that ing than governing, and he left each individual Jew has an oblithat up to Haman," Greenfield gation to work towards the best said during an interview with The interests of the Jewish people." Park Record. "Haman is a dictaSunday's service will include torial and evil character and took food, a costume contest and the advantage of the king's lack of reading from the Book of Esther, interest in governance to promote which is called Megillat Esther in his own agenda, which included Hebrew. his hatred of the Jews." "We will start with a bagel Within the story, the king, breakfast that will also feature a whose wife has been banished traditional pastry called Hamanfor insubordination, chooses Es- taschen, which is a triangular ther to take her place. shaped cookie with jam in the "Esther hides the fact that middle," Greenfield said. "Hashe's Jewish to protect herself man is said to have worn a triin the king's palace," Greenfield cornered hat, so the cookie is explained. "While she is queen, supposed to resemble it." Haman hatches a plot to kill all While everyone is encourthe Jews in the kingdom. Esther aged to dress up as the different is fortunately at the right place at characters in the story, it is espethe right time to make a personal cially enjoyable for the children, appeal to the king, and reveals Greenfield said. that she is Jewish. "We have a costume contest "Consequently, on the date Ha- and we give out awards to the man has chosen to kill the Jews, kids," he said. "Although the he, himself is hanged on his own grownups are also dressed up, gallows," Greenfield said. "So, it we don't usually give them any became a day of redemption for awards." the Jewish people." One of the more boisterous This story is the reason why segments of the service occurs the Jewish people celebrate Pu- during the reading. rim, which takes place this year "Outside of the traditional on Sunday, Feb. 24. The Temple books of the Old Testament, Har Shalom will hold a Purim which are the sacred books to the service from 9 a.m. until 10:30 Jewish people, there are some a.m. supplementary books and Esther Purim is the celebration that is one of them," Greenfield said. remembersLotus_3x5_ParkRecord_IJustInherited.pdf the courage of Esther "When we read 1 2/13/13 the story, 11:44 Haand her uncle, Mordecai. MUSTANG i Restaurant i Photo courtesy of Temple Har Shalom Michael Greenfield, center, stands with two costumed children during last year's Purim service at the Temple Har Shalom. Purim, which will be observed on Sunday, is a Jewish tradition of remembering the courage of Esther, who more than 2,500 years ago, saved the Jewish people from being killed. man's name is mentioned regularly and there is a tradition in which we try to make so much noise that we block out his name, so every time his name is mentioned, the congregation makes a great deal of noise with noisemakers or the stamping of our feet." One noisemaker is called a gragger. "It's something that we spin around and it is pretty loud," Greenfield said. "Traditionally they are made out of wood, but there are metal ones as well. "You can imagine that it becomes a raucous celebration," he said. Celebration aside, the observation of Purim at the Temple Har Shalom is still a service. 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