tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733678.post180758981914189877..comments2009-04-05T23:16:19.581-04:00briannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12021942020880751891noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733678.post-87201855221526543182009-03-30T16:42:00.000-04:002009-03-30T16:42:00.000-04:00I got an (almost) full frum education so I know plenty about Purim. The Rema just said that to make Judaism fit in with logic when there was a serious gap between the two in that particular case. Ever heard of apologetics? Ad de lo yada means getting really really drunk. Not getting a little tired and then going to sleep. Shluffer, come on. You're smarter than that.briannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12021942020880751891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733678.post-82336207393574198232009-03-29T12:26:00.000-04:002009-03-29T12:26:00.000-04:00"When you really sit down and think about it, Purim is an insane holiday." <B>It's sitting down and writing about it as if you know what you're talking about without first learning about it in depth that's insane.</B> "People are actually encouraged to get drunk. Just in case someone might think that the mitzva is to drink but not to excess, it says specifically to drink until you don't know the difference between Mordechai and Haman. That, my friends, means drinking to excess." <B>The Rema, a major halachic source and authority for most Orthodox Ashkenazic Jews, says that 'ad de lo yada' means drinking just enough to feel a little tired and then taking a nap. While you're sleeping you don't know the difference between Mordechai and Haman.</B> "And it says nothing about refraining from driving while doing said drinking." <B>Actually, 'contemporary' (meaning during the last 70 years or so) halachic authorities are quite clear about refraining from drinking and driving on Purim and during the entire year. People who disregard this are ovair issurei chachamim.</B>shlufferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391705514958161518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733678.post-60513720590678866652009-03-25T11:15:00.000-04:002009-03-25T11:15:00.000-04:00bri, there is considerable reason to state (without resort to appologetics) that getting plastered is not what they intended, they did refer in other places that getting plastered is not simchah and you can't serve hashem that way.<BR/><BR/>you're left with saying that there was either a difference of opinion or he didn't mean the not knowing the difference thing litteraly.yonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04876831969877780546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11733678.post-48720542582200594082009-03-13T01:34:00.000-04:002009-03-13T01:34:00.000-04:00Not everyone gets drunk, only the ones who you end up seeing.chaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14023083898665410736noreply@blogger.com