Husbinator was right: Purim in the Old City really is an
experience. What he didn’t realize until the evening is that he did a pretty
good job replicating it back in the US of A, with our huge meal (last year was
our largest year, with an estimated 150 people throughout the day) and the friendly
hopping from one meal to the next, and constant kaleidoscope of song and dance
as we ran into more people.
Needless to say, I had a great time. Well, it isn’t needless
to say: we weren’t sure how things would be different with a baby. Other than
requiring coordination of who would go to which megillah reading, I didn’t notice
much of a difference. However, we gave mishloach manot to one person apiece, so
that cut down on a lot of the stress/moving around. A lot.
After this weekend, I have a much better sense of some of
the Husbinator’s driving forces. I am very glad that I saw his yeshiva and met
his Rabbanim: it gives a clearer perspective of why he feels so strongly about
certain things. Also, Shabbos and Purim (and shopping on Sunday) were just tons of fun.
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