Last year I dressed up as santa clous it received many diffrent kinds of reactions frum all my teachers sum thought it wuz hysterychl others....weren't to happy;)its not assur rite??this year I came up with an ingenius plan let's say I dress up like a monk I'll wear a sighn that says"kol letzanusa deasera ela meletzanusa shel avoida zarah"ur allowed to make fun of getshkahs(avoida zarah)!
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Dressing up as a Nun, Munk,or Santa Claus for Purim
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Posted 2 years ago #
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that posuk is somewhere in gemara.it means"ur nt allowed to make fun of things,but making fun of avoida zarah is ok"
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Peer, I wouldn't do it. MAke fun of A"Z all you want, but maybe it's not the best thing to dress in "their" clothing. It especially is offensive to a non-Jew to see a Jew do that.
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LOL but they don't know ur making fun of them....unless they can read hebrw..4all we know they could think we like Santa...etc like last year as a 2knd costume I dressed up like obama people thought I liked him...little did they know it wuz all leitanusah(making fun)
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Tip to anyone wanting to dress up as a munk: A great accessory would be The World of Prayer.
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I knew someone who dressed up like a pregnant nun!
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Better a monk or nun than a Pictish warrior :-)
(The ancient Picts went into battle dressed only in helmets and blue paint)
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Mybat, one year the Rebetzin of our shule was pregnant, and she dressed up as a nun!
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Do we not have enough Jewish charachters that we have to dress up in theirs?????
What is with the parev ideas like international costumes?Posted 2 years ago # -
Why in the world would someone like to dress up like a NUN? SANTA CLAUS?
certainly you dont think it's impressive...Posted 2 years ago # -
Maybe dress up like a missionary with a big wooden cross and yell, "I'll save your soul"!!
Come on now! Purim is a Jewish holiday, not Saint Patrick's Day.
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Purim is a Jewish Holiday and borrowing from the Goyim gives them a sense of validity. Why is it necessary to make fun of someone else's religion. They are entitled to their religion. We are not looking for converts and we recognize that there are other religions in the world. By making fun of them we only promote them to make fun of us. WE walk through our neighborhoods and need to understand that others walk through and drive through our neighborhoods as well. In addition what are we really teaching our children when we do such things. Can we possibly know what is going through their heads when they see this?
Personally I think it is totally unacceptable. Would you think it was acceptable if your daughter wanted to wear a Brittany Spears or Miley Cyrus costume? You would think she wants to emulate her and not make fun of her. So NO I don't think it is appropriate. It is also inappropriate to dress like a black slave. It is totally disrespectful and tasteless. Try to find a costume that represents someone you admire or something that is humorous. Poke fun at yourself if you will, or be original. But try to stay away from being controversial it won't gain you anything but can cause a lot of damage. Don't dress like a teenager who is at risk if your neighbor is going through the parsha, don't dress like an old maid if your sister in law is still in the parsha and never got married. Don't dress like a fat lady if your mother-in-law is overweight. Don't put on a maternity belly if your sister-in-law doesn't have any kids. Use your common sense to have fun without being hurtful or being a bad role model to anyone. Think about it, if a bunch of boys came in looking like Moshe Rabbeinu and a bunch of boys came in looking like the Pope who would you most likely give a larger check to?
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How would you feel if on St. Patricks Day you saw people dressed like a Rabbonim drinking straight out of a keg of beer? Would you think it was funny if at the next "rainbow coalition" parade people dressed up like chassidim? You might think it is funny, they dont.
I remember, when I was in high school, there were some fellow who liked heckling one of the english teachers, a devout catholic. One day, to get under his skin they asked if they could "go to the pope" (the previous popes name was john). everyone thought this was so clever and witty, until the next day the teacher announced that he had to make a quick stop at the rabbi. Suddenly everyone was insulted and annoyed (he actually DID go to the office, but thats a separate story).
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