Not That Megillah

It's just a few days before Purim, and I'm totally unprepared for it. (The only thing I did was give in the check to "Keren Yehuda" for "Mishloach Manot" (the Purim food gifts) to all my neighbors.)

But the "megillah" I'm writing about isn't the Purim one about Ester, Mordechai, Haman and Achashverosh, which we'll be reading only twice in Shiloh, instead of the usual four times. That's because on "Purim Meshulash," when Shushan (Jerusalem) Purim comes out on Shabbat, instead of postponing the reading until Sunday, it's "preponed" to be read Friday, with the rest of world Jewry. Yes, we need unity during these difficult times, but do we really need a feast before Shabbat. OK, I'm still bloated from the YU Food-Fest Alumni Shabbaton. We didn't eat from the ice cream bar after Shabbat! But we did eat all the delicious meals. There was even great coffee Shabbat morning before prayers...

And about the megillah...
The latest Gantseh Megillah is out. The new graphics are gevaltic! Nu, take a gander.