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Purim night i went to get somehting in the hallway, and i there where 3 second graders having one of the saddest arguments i have ever heard. this is how it went,kid 1″ no my shalach manos has (blank) candy, its the best” kid 2″ no mine is, my shaloch manos was the talk of_____(place had seuda) and we had people linkng up on the porch!” kid 3 starts crying saying”my shaloch manos doesnt have anything special”
Is this really what purim has come to? Kids argue who has a more wealthy father? Any thoughts? Does this trouble anyone else?
An even greater fear is that our children may believe that the mitzvah of mishloach manos is donating money to a yeshiva or other organization instead of sending 2 manos to anyone. Mishloach manos is a mitzvah with specific interpersonal goals. Even the greatest yeshiva or organization, as worthy a charitable cause as they may be, cannot substitute for the mitzvah. Has our community commercialism obscured the mitzvos?
The little I know that’s what happened to challoween
A more creative mother, not wealthy father. And even though this is almost a carbon copy of the drinking thread, it’ll never become as popular, simply die to the fact that its not controversial enough. There is a limited amount of damage fancy mishloach manos can do, and the issue is not really a Purim issue, its a general “keeping up with the Cohens” issue.
Your first mistake was forgetting after the first sentence that these are second graders. You can’t expect seven year olds to have the concerns you’re expressing. When adults do it, it’s sad. When seven year olds do it, they’re being kids.
The Wolf
YYBC u meant to say keeping up with the Katz
the plumber we have an oral law that explains WHY we do the mitzvahs
the plumber oral law my friend
They disagree because the shulchan aruch and poskim talk about pitfalls of drinking, but not the pitfalls of mishloach manos. It may not be recommended to overdo it, but its definitely not an aveirah, nor does it directly cause any. (For the record, I do drink on Purim.)
YYBC good for u
Plumber
it’s funny that you misquote the rema to a guy whose screenname is rema
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