FAITH MATTERS Rituals Bring Past Into Present
HOLIDAYS EMPHASIZE MEMORIES SO WE DON’T FORGET
Posted: March 6, 2010 at 4:08 a.m.
PURIM CELEBRATION - Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft and his wife, Cantor Debbye Zanerhaft, read from the bimah while a scroll of the Book of Esther is unrolled during a Purim celebration at Congregation Etz Chaim in Bentonville on Feb. 27. Purim is a Jewish festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them.
Memory is a curious thing. Often, the gift of recollection is used by individuals to retrieve fond thoughts of past experiences. Glorified periods of our youth, or special moments spent with loved ones that are no longer with us are a couple of clear examples.
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