tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961718041302329453.post4553385377633979431..comments2024-01-06T20:42:53.974-05:00Comments on Cremaster Fanatic: Matthew Barney Purim CostumeEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04802113903615462289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961718041302329453.post-25803846879074934482008-03-26T17:16:00.000-04:002008-03-26T17:16:00.000-04:00There's a lot more mystical significances to Purim...There's a lot more mystical significances to Purim that Wiki doesn't mention.<BR/>It is exactly 6 months (farthest apart) from the other holiest date for Jews, Atonement day.<BR/>It is said that after the Messiah comes, people would need just these two essential holidays- atonement and purim.<BR/>In Hebrew, they are complete opposites yet their names stem from the same root (p.u.r - kipur for atonement and purim for purim) and have many double meanings. Atonement is marked by complete withdrawal, quietness, fasting and meditative inward nature.<BR/>However, it is a religious directive, in Purim, to get drunk- blend opposites- misbehave and perform usually blasphemous acts- on Purim, and it has been so for centuries. Dressing up (costumes) is a Jewish-European tradition, but remains close to the directive of "not knowing right from wrong" (male from female, etc.)<BR/>Hence, it is a day dedicated to the "mad fool" which appears in many religions but usually suppressed by their establishments; not so in the mystical interpretation to Judaism.the one who articulateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734795213064363867noreply@blogger.com